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Released
2005 · FILM

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

When clueless gigolo Deuce Biglow lands in Amsterdam, he must dive back into the city’s seedy male‑prostitution scene to prove his friend innocent and stop a mysterious killer targeting Europe’s top “man‑whores” before the murders ruin the whole industry.

For the women of Europe... The price of love just got a lot cheaper.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
83 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Deuce Bigalow ends up in Amsterdam after a minor incident involving two annoying children and a group of aggressive dolphins. There, he reunites with his old friend T.J. Hicks. However, a mysterious killer begins targeting some of Amsterdam's top gigolos, and T.J. is wrongly suspected of being the highly gay murderer. To clear T.J.'s name, Deuce must reenter the gigolo world and uncover the true killer.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 81+ credited

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 Peck PriorShot by Marc FelperlaanScored by James L VenableDesigned by Benedict Schillemans

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$45.1M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$45.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $22.4M 50% of worldwide · International: $22.7M (50%)

Opening weekend: $9.6M 43% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $13.6M61% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,127 theaters

Also known as

  • Gigolo malgré luifr
  • Deuce Bigalow - Puttano in saldoit

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