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Released
2013 · FILM

Movie 43

A deranged screenwriter hijacks a studio executive’s office, forcing him to endure a barrage of wildly absurd comedy sketches in a desperate bid to sell his outlandish script before the deal collapses.

“The biggest cast ever assembled for the most outrageous comedy ever made.”

Directed by
Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill
Written by
Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
94 min
Comedy
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

A series of interconnected short films serves as the backdrop for a maniacal screenwriter who pitches outlandish storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. In some countries, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the structure differs. Instead of a pitch, the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world, Movie 43, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 465+ 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 Debra ChiateShot by Mattian Anderssonn RudhScored by Tyler BatesDesigned by Toby CorbettSound by Henry AuerbachCostumes by Katie IrishStunts by Gregg BrazzelVFX by Jeff Atherton

Box Office

2013 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× 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

$32.4M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$32.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $6.1M

Peak 2,023 theaters

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Also known as

  • Movie 43de
  • Untitled Comedyen
  • My Movie Projectfr
  • Comic Movieit
  • (Bulgarian, Alternative Title)Пълен т*шак
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • RussiaJan 1, 2013
  • LithuaniaJan 11, 2013
  • UkraineJan 17, 2013
  • EstoniaJan 18, 2013
  • SerbiaJan 23, 2013

Companies

ProductionRelativity Media, Virgin Produced, GreeneStreet Films, SK Global, Wessler Entertainment
DistributionRelativity Media, Alliance, Momentum Pictures, BestFilm.eu, Constantin Film
Special effectsKNB, PUNY, Special Effects Unlimited, Prime Focus World, Comen VFX
Other companiesGreeneStreet Films International, Visual Art, Hydraulx, Alex's Catering, Alex's in-the-Kitchen, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)

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