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Released
1998 · FILM

Dead Man on Campus

Two failing college roommates set out to find a student likely to commit suicide, hoping to pass their classes by cashing in on a deadly academic legend.

“Roommate Wanted... For a Limited Time Only.”

Directed by
Alan Cohn
Written by
Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder
Runtime
96 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Two college roommates set out to identify a fellow student who they believe is most likely to commit suicide, as they hope this will help them pass the semester.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Debra ChiateShot by John ThomasScored by Mark MothersbaughDesigned by Carol Winstead Wood

Box Office

1998 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$15.1M

Budget$14.0M
Worldwide gross$15.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $15.1M — 100% of worldwide · International: $35K (0%)

Opening weekend: $4.7M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.8M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,797 theaters

Also known as

  • Un cadavre sur le campusfr

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