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Released
2005 · FILM

Kicking & Screaming

A hapless dad becomes the reluctant coach of his son's underdog soccer team, determined to prove he can beat his own cut‑throat father and give his kid a chance at victory.

“All his life, Phil Weston has dreamed of being on a winning team. Phil...your time has come.”

Directed by
Jesse Dylan
Written by
Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
95 min
ComedyFamilyRomance

Synopsis

Phil Weston has never been athletic, and in college, he failed at every sport he tried out for. It seems his 10-year-old son, Sam, is following the same path. When Phil's hyper-competitive father benches Sam, Phil decides to transfer his son to a new team that needs a coach. Phil takes on the role of temporary coach and quickly begins to clash with his father over the new competition in their lives.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 75+ 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 Stuart H PappeShot by Lloyd Ahern IiScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Clayton Hartley

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$56.1M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$56.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $52.8M — 94% of worldwide · International: $3.2M (6%)

Opening weekend: $20.2M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $23.5M — 44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,455 theaters

Also known as

  • Fussballfieber - Elfmeter für Daddyde
  • Match en famillefr
  • Derby in famigliait

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