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Released
2014 · FILM

Million Dollar Arm

A down‑on‑his‑luck sports agent bets his career on discovering America’s next baseball ace by recruiting raw cricket talent from India, but he must bridge a world of language barriers, unfamiliar rules, and fierce competition before the dream—and his reputation—shatter.

“Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.”

Directed by
Craig Gillespie
Written by
Tom Mccarthy, Tom Mccarthy Nm0565336
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
124 min
BiographyDramaFamily

Synopsis

Desperate to revive his career, sports agent JB Bernstein devises an unconventional strategy to find Major League Baseball's next top pitcher by scouting cricket players in India. He identifies two young men with the ability to throw a fastball but who lack knowledge of baseball or American culture. The experience becomes a transformative journey for all involved, particularly for JB, who gains insight into the values of teamwork, dedication, and family.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Tatiana S RiegelShot by Gyula PadosScored by A R RahmanDesigned by Barry Robison

Box Office

2014 · 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

$38.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$38.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $36.5M — 95% of worldwide · International: $1.9M (5%)

Opening weekend: $10.5M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.5M — 37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,019 theaters

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