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Released
1996 · FILM

Get on the Bus

“On October 16, 1996, the one year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice, and...get on the bus.”

Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Runtime
122 min
AdventureDramaHistory

Synopsis

Fifteen Black men from South Central Los Angeles gather for a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in October 1995. The group includes a diverse array of individuals: a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is physically restrained to him, a Black Republican, a former gang member, a Hollywood actor, a law enforcement officer of mixed racial heritage, and a white bus driver. During the journey, the men engage in discussions on topics central to the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Leander T SalesShot by Elliot DavisScored by Terence BlanchardDesigned by Ina Mayhew

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× 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

$5.7M

Budget$2.4M
Worldwide gross$5.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.2M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.8M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,207 theaters

Also known as

  • Bus in viaggioit

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