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Released
2007 · FILM

King of California

Mentally unstable ex‑patient Charlie convinces his reluctant daughter Miranda to help him infiltrate a massive retail warehouse in pursuit of a buried treasure he believes lies beneath it, pitting their fragile bond against the absurdity of his obsession and the looming threat of losing everything.

“You've got to believe in treasure to find it.”

Directed by
M Cahill
Written by
M Cahill
Runtime
93 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Charlie, released from an insane asylum, moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. He is convinced that treasure is hidden beneath the local Costco and devises a plan to uncover it. To gain access, he persuades Miranda to quit her job at McDonald's and take a position at the wholesale store, allowing him to obtain a key. Though skeptical, Miranda assists her father in his seemingly irrational quest.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Glenn GarlandShot by James WhitakerScored by David RobbinsDesigned by Dan Bishop

Box Office

2007 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.1× 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

$1.0M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$1.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • King of Californiade
  • El rey de Californiaes
  • Alla scoperta di Charlieit

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