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Released
2004 · FILM

Fat Albert

When Fat Albert and his cartoon friends are brought to life in the real world, they navigate modern society and help a young girl find her place—while Albert's growing feelings for her older sister force him to confront the boundaries between fantasy and reality.

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Directed by
Joel Zwick
Written by
Bill Cosby, Charles Kipps
Runtime
93 min
ComedyFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

In *Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids*, the animated character Fat Albert steps out of his television world and into the real one, joined by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold, and Dumb Donald. Though surprised by the modern world, the group makes new friends, and Albert tries to help young Doris gain popularity. However, complications arise when Albert develops feelings for Doris's older sister, Lauri, leading him to seek guidance from his creator, Bill Cosby.

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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 Tony LombardoShot by Paul ElliottScored by Richard GibbsDesigned by Nina Ruscio

Box Office

2004 · 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

$48.6M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$48.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $48.1M — 99% of worldwide · International: $484K (1%)

Opening weekend: $10.0M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $23.1M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,674 theaters

Also known as

  • Il mio grosso grasso amico Albertit

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