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Released
2016 · FILM

Meet the Blacks

When Carl Black finally lands his dream home in Beverly Hills, he must protect his family from a citywide 12‑hour lawless purge that threatens to turn their fresh start into a deadly nightmare.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
94 min
ComedyHorror

Synopsis

When Carl Black secures the chance to relocate his family from Chicago in pursuit of a better life, they arrive in Beverly Hills just as the city's annual purge begins—a twelve-hour period during which all crime is legally permitted.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

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 Suzanne HinesShot by John T ConnorScored by RzaDesigned by Niko Vilaivongs

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 10× 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

$9.1M

Budget$900K
Worldwide gross$9.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $5.2M

Peak 1,015 theaters

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