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Horrible Bosses(2011)
Released
2011 · FILM

Horrible Bosses

Three friends, each tormented by a despised boss, hatch a drunken plan to kill them—what starts as a dark joke spirals into a dangerous game of deception, betrayal, and murder.

“Ever wish your boss was dead?”

Directed by
Seth Gordon
Written by
Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
98 min
ComedyCrime

Synopsis

Nick, Kurt and Dale find their daily work intolerable because of their bosses. Unable to quit, they drink heavily and receive questionable advice from a hustling ex‑con. The three friends then devise a complex plan intended to eliminate their respective employers permanently.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 47+ 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 Peter TeschnerShot by David HenningsScored by Christopher LennertzDesigned by Shepherd Frankel

Box Office

2011 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× 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

$209.8M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$209.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $117.5M — 56% of worldwide · International: $92.3M (44%)

Opening weekend: $28.3M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $42.4M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,040 theaters

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Also known as

  • Kill the Bossde
  • Comment tuer son boss ?fr
  • Come ammazzare il capo... e vivere feliciit

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