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Released
2008 · FILM

Fireproof

A devoted fire captain fights to rescue his crumbling marriage before it burns out, confronting his own stubbornness and a crisis of faith that threatens everything he holds dear.

Never leave your partner behind.

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Runtime
118 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

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 Bill EbelShot by Bob ScottScored by Mark WillardDesigned by Sheila Mcbride

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 67× 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

$33.5M

Budget$500K
Worldwide gross$33.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $33.5M 100% of worldwide · International: $17K (0%)

Opening weekend: $6.8M 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $8.4M25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 839 theaters

Also known as

  • Fireproof – Gib deinen Partner nicht aufde

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