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Released
1996 · FILM

My Fellow Americans

Two former U.S. presidents, framed by the current president and hunted by federal agents, must team up and go on the run to clear their names and expose the truth.

“A comedy about life, liberty and the pursuit of two ex-presidents.”

Directed by
Peter Segal
Written by
E Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman
Runtime
101 min
AdventureComedy

Synopsis

Two former Presidents of the United States, once in power, are now on the run. Framed in a scandal by the current President and hunted by armed agents, the two former political rivals, now in a state of panic, set out on a desperate mission to find the evidence that will prove their innocence.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 William KerrShot by Julio MacatScored by William RossDesigned by Jim Bissell

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$22.3M

Budget$21.5M
Worldwide gross$22.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.9M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $6.0M — 27% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,915 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein Präsident für alle Fällede
  • Mis queridos compatriotases
  • Président ? Vous avez dit président ?fr
  • Fuga dalla Casa Biancait

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