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Released
2015 · FILM

Get Hard

A disgraced hedge‑fund manager sentenced to San Quentin must outwit ruthless inmates and survive a corrupt system while fighting to prove his innocence and reclaim the life he lost.

“An education in incarceration.”

Directed by
Etan Cohen, Scott August
Written by
Jay Martel, Ian Roberts
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
100 min
ComedyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to time at San Quentin, the judge grants him one month to settle his affairs. Aware that he would not survive long in prison without assistance, James urgently seeks help from Darnell, a Black businessman with no criminal record, not even a parking ticket. As Darnell subjects James to a series of challenges, both men come to realize they have misconceptions about many things, including their perceptions of each other.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 348+ 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 Michael L SaleShot by Tim SuhrstedtScored by Christophe BeckDesigned by Maher AhmadSound by George H AndersonCostumes by Shay CunliffeVFX by Melissa Brockman

Box Office

2015 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$111.8M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$111.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $90.4M — 81% of worldwide · International: $21.4M (19%)

Opening weekend: $33.8M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $44.1M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,175 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • unrated· 107 min

Also known as

  • Der Knastcoachde
  • En taule : Mode d'emploifr
  • (English)Get Hard
  • Duri si diventait
  • (Bulgarian)Пандиз експерт
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 16, 2015
  • United Arab EmiratesMar 26, 2015
  • AustraliaMar 26, 2015
  • IsraelMar 26, 2015

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Gary Sanchez Productions

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