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Released
2004 · FILM

Friday Night Lights

A determined high‑school football team fights to claim a state title while their star running back lies sidelined, forcing the community and its coach to confront crushing expectations and the true cost of glory.

“Hope comes alive on Friday nights.”

Directed by
Peter Berg, Allan Graf
Written by
Buzz Bissinger, David Aaron Cohen
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
118 min
ActionDramaSport

Synopsis

A small, turbulent town in Texas becomes consumed by its high school football team in an unhealthy way. When the star running back, Boobie Miles, suffers a serious injury during the first game of the season, all hope seems to vanish, and the town turns its focus to the aftermath of the incident.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 364+ 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 Colby Parker JrShot by Tobias A SchliesslerScored by Explosions In The SkyDesigned by Sharon SeymourSound by David O DanielCostumes by Susan MathesonStunts by Allan Graf

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$61.3M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$61.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $20.3M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $25.6M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,667 theaters

Also known as

  • Friday Night Lights – Touchdown am Freitagde
  • (English)Friday Night Lights
  • (Bulgarian)Светлините на стадиона
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesOct 6, 2004
  • CanadaOct 8, 2004
  • BrazilDec 17, 2004
  • MexicoJan 18, 2005

Companies

ProductionUniversal Pictures, Friday Night Lights LLC, Imagine Entertainment, MDBF Filmgesellschaft mbH & Company KG
DistributionUniversal Pictures, United International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsRhythm & Hues Studios, Custom Film Effects
Other companiesBrock / Allen Casting, BeBee, Behind the Scenes Freight, Bomb Factory, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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