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Released
2001 · FILM

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Jay and Silent Bob race from their hometown strip mall to Hollywood to sabotage a disastrous studio remake of their own comic‑book alter egos before it ruins their reputation and leaves them penniless.

“Hollywood had it coming”

Directed by
Kevin Smith, Timothy Bird
Written by
Kevin Smith
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
104 min
Comedy
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

When Jay and Silent Bob discover that their comic-book personas, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood for a feature film that excludes them from any royalty payments, the duo heads to Hollywood with the intention of disrupting the production.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 277+ 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 Scott MosierShot by Jamie AndersonScored by James L VenableDesigned by Robert HoltzmanSound by Phil BensonCostumes by Isis MussendenVFX by Craig Barron

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× 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

$33.8M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$33.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $30.1M — 89% of worldwide · International: $3.7M (11%)

Opening weekend: $11.0M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $15.5M — 51% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,765 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (Festival Title)As Aventuras de Jay & Silent Bob
  • Jay und Silent Bob schlagen zurückde
  • Jay y Bob el Silencioso contraatacanes
  • Jay et Bob contre-attaquentfr
  • Jay & Silent Bob... Fermate Hollywood!it
  • (Video Title)Jay y el silencioso Bob
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 15, 2001
  • CanadaAug 22, 2001
  • SingaporeSep 27, 2001
  • RussiaOct 4, 2001

Companies

ProductionDimension Films, Askew Productions, Miramax

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