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Released
2023 · FILM

Dream Scenario

A mild-mannered professor discovers his life has become a waking nightmare when millions start seeing him in their dreams, forcing him to confront his newfound fame and the dark turn his nightly appearances are taking.

“Meet the man of your dreams.”

Directed by
Kristoffer Borgli, Sartaj Aulakh
Written by
Kristoffer Borgli
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
102 min
ComedyDramaFantasy

Synopsis

Paul Matthews, a family man, experiences a sudden change when millions of strangers begin seeing him in their dreams; after these nocturnal appearances become nightmarish, he must manage his unexpected fame.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 218+ 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 Kristoffer BorgliShot by Benjamin LoebScored by Louis MarionDesigned by Zosia MackenzieSound by Sylvain Bellemare Nm0068858Costumes by Natalie BronfmanVFX by Benoit Briere

Box Office

2023 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$14.1M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$14.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $5.7M — 41% of worldwide · International: $8.4M (59%)

Opening weekend: $220K — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $334K — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Dream Scenario
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 9, 2023
  • United StatesSep 24, 2023
  • SwitzerlandSep 28, 2023
  • BelgiumOct 10, 2023

Companies

ProductionA24, Square Peg, Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit
DistributionTME Films, Zima Entertainment, A24, Bad Unicorn, California Filmes
Special effectsAlchemy 24
Other companiesAdrenaline Studios LV, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Directors Guild of Canada - Ontario (DGC Ontario), IATSE Local 411, IATSE Local 514

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