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Million Dollar Baby(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Million Dollar Baby

A waitress from the Ozarks defies age and gender stereotypes by fighting her way up the amateur boxing ranks with the reluctant help of a washed-up trainer, risking everything to prove that heart and determination can punch above your weight.

“Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.”

Directed by
Clint Eastwood, Katie Carroll
Written by
Paul Haggis, F X Toole
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
132 min
DramaSport
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn lives a reclusive life, running a small boxing gym in New Jersey and refusing to take on new fighters. He is approached by a young, talented boxer named Miguel "Micky" Ward, who seeks his guidance and training. Despite his reluctance, Frankie is eventually convinced to mentor Micky, leading to a journey that challenges Frankie's personal demons and rekindles his connection with his estranged daughter.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 363+ 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 Joel CoxShot by Tom SternScored by Clint EastwoodDesigned by Henry BumsteadSound by Bub AsmanCostumes by Deborah HopperStunts by Buddy Van Horn

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.2× 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

$216.8M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$216.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.5M — 46% of worldwide · International: $116.3M (54%)

Opening weekend: $55K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $55K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 8 theaters

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Also known as

  • Million Dollar Babyde
  • (Bulgarian)Момиче за милиони
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 5, 2004
  • CanadaDec 15, 2004
  • United KingdomJan 14, 2005
  • IrelandJan 14, 2005

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Warner Bros.Lakeshore EntertainmentMalpaso Productions

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