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Free Guy(2021)
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2021 · FILM

Free Guy

An out‑of‑work software developer infiltrates a chaotic online world to gather evidence that a gaming giant stole her AI‑driven game concept, but when an oblivious NPC clerk becomes obsessed with her avatar, she must expose the truth before corporate forces and virtual mayhem destroy both their realities.

“Life's too short to be a background character.”

Directed by
Shawn Levy, John Blanford
Written by
Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
115 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

A bank teller learns that he exists as a background character within an open‑world video game and chooses to become the protagonist of his own narrative. In a setting without limits, he resolves to save his world on his own terms.

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A crew of 871+ 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 Dean ZimmermanShot by George RichmondScored by Christophe BeckDesigned by Ethan TobmanSound by Steve CantamessaCostumes by Marlene StewartStunts by Randy BeckmanVFX by Paolo Acri

Box Office

2021 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.0× 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

$331.5M

Budget$110.0M
Worldwide gross$331.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $121.6M — 37% of worldwide · International: $209.9M (63%)

Opening weekend: $28.4M — 23% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $40.0M — 33% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,165 theaters

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Also known as

  • Free Guyde
  • Free Guy - Eroe per giocoit
  • (Bulgarian)Свободен играч
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • SwitzerlandAug 10, 2021
  • BelgiumAug 11, 2021
  • FranceAug 11, 2021
  • IsraelAug 11, 2021

Companies

ProductionBerlanti Productions, 21 Laps Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, Maximum Effort, Lit Entertainment Group
Distribution20th Century Studios, Feelgood Entertainment, Filmfinity
Special effectsScanline VFX, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Domain, Lola Visual Effects, Raynault VFX
Other companiesAnn & Mario Catering, John Ford Stage, Cantina Creative, The End (II), EFILM

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