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Released
2014 · FILM

Draft Day

General manager Sonny Weaver must navigate cutthroat negotiations and personal betrayals on Draft Day to secure the perfect player and save his struggling franchise, risking everything in a single high‑stakes decision.

“The greatest victories don't always happen on the field.”

Directed by
Ivan Reitman, Jason Blumenfeld
Written by
Scott Rothman, Rajiv Joseph
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
110 min
DramaSport
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 402+ 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 Dana E GlaubermanShot by Eric SteelbergScored by John DebneyDesigned by Stephen AltmanSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Frank L FlemingStunts by Richard FikeVFX by Peter Crosman

Box Office

2014 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$28.8M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$28.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $9.8M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.6M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,781 theaters

Also known as

  • Draft Dayde
  • Draft Day: Tag der Entscheidungde
  • (English)Draft Day
  • Le Parifr
  • (French)Le repêchage
  • (Bulgarian)Ден на подбора
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaApr 11, 2014
  • United StatesApr 11, 2014
  • TaiwanMay 1, 2014
  • PakistanMay 9, 2014
  • BrazilMay 22, 2014

Companies

ProductionSummit Entertainment, Madison Wells, The Montecito Picture Company, Lionsgate
DistributionSummit Entertainment, Lionsgate, Cathay-Keris Films, Entertainment One, Golden Screen Cinemas
Special effectsCoSA VFX, Look Effects
Other companiesAP Images, Arri Alexa, Black Dog Jib Productions, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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