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Released
2001 · FILM

Joy Ride

Three friends on a cross‑country road trip just want to reach New Jersey, but after a prank on a mysterious CB radio driver turns deadly, they must outwit a relentless psychopathic killer before their journey becomes a fatal ride.

“It started as a joke. Now the joke is on them.”

Directed by
John Dahl, Marisa Ferrey
Written by
Clay Tarver, J J Abrams
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
97 min
MysteryThriller

Synopsis

Three young people traveling on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey communicate with a trucker via CB radio, only to find themselves in danger when he reveals himself to be a psychotic killer.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 215+ 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 Eric L BeasonShot by Jeffrey JurScored by Marco BeltramiDesigned by Robert PearsonSound by Tim CooneyCostumes by Terry DresbachStunts by Dan Bradley

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$36.6M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$36.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $22.0M — 60% of worldwide · International: $14.7M (40%)

Opening weekend: $7.3M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $9.8M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,497 theaters

Also known as

  • Joyride - Spritztourde
  • Spritztourde
  • Une virée en enferfr
  • Radio Killerit
  • (Alternative Title)Perseguição
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 9, 2001
  • United StatesOct 5, 2001
  • FinlandOct 26, 2001
  • JapanOct 26, 2001
  • ArgentinaNov 1, 2001

Companies

ProductionRegency Enterprises, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Bad Robot, LivePlanet, New Regency Productions
Distribution20th Century Fox, Gemini Kinomir, FS Film
Special effectsSpectrum Effects, Spectrum FX
Other companiesAquila Travel, Big Time Picture Company, Bill Dance Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Direct Tools & Fasteners

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