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Miss Congeniality(2000)
Released
2000 · FILM

Miss Congeniality

FBI special agent Gracie Hart, a brash field operative now stuck at a desk after a reckless bust, must outsmart her ambitious partner and stop the elusive domestic terrorist “the Citizen” from detonating a bomb at the Miss United States pageant—proving she’s still the agency’s most dangerous asset.

“Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.”

Directed by
Donald Petrie, Daniel J Shaw
Written by
Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
109 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as "The Surgeon," it sets off a chain of events that leads to the involvement of Agent Jack Bauer. The letter outlines a plan to detonate a series of bombs across Los Angeles, targeting key infrastructure and public venues. As the clock ticks down, Bauer must navigate political pressures, personal conflicts, and a web of conspiracies to prevent the attacks and uncover the true mastermind behind the plot. With time running out and the stakes rising, Bauer's relentless pursuit of justice and survival becomes the central focus of the 24-hour race against terror.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 308+ 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 Billy WeberShot by Laszlo KovacsScored by Edward ShearmurDesigned by Peter S LarkinSound by Michael BabcockCostumes by Susie DesantoStunts by Jack GillVFX by Katherine Kean

Box Office

2000 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× 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

$212.0M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$212.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $106.8M — 50% of worldwide · International: $105.2M (50%)

Opening weekend: $10.0M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $27.2M — 25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,668 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Miss Undercoverde
  • Miss Congenialityen
  • Miss Détectivefr
  • Miss Detectiveit
  • (Bulgarian)Мис Таен агент
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 14, 2000
  • CanadaDec 22, 2000
  • SingaporeFeb 14, 2001
  • New ZealandMar 1, 2001

Companies

ProductionCastle Rock Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

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