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Released
1993 · FILM

My Life

A man diagnosed with terminal cancer records a video diary to impart life lessons to his unborn child, confronting his past and redefining his legacy in the time he has left.

“Every moment counts.”

Directed by
Bruce Joel Rubin
Written by
Bruce Joel Rubin
Runtime
114 min
Drama

Synopsis

Bob Jones appears to have a life filled with the essentials: a satisfying career and a beautiful, pregnant wife named Gail. However, his world is upended when he is diagnosed with cancer and told he has only four months to live—just enough time to miss the birth of his first child. Determined to come to terms with his past and leave a message for his unborn child, Bob begins recording a video diary in the hope of imparting wisdom during his remaining time. Through this process, he gains new insights about himself.

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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 Richard ChewShot by Peter JamesScored by John BarryDesigned by Neil Spisak

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$27.5M

Budget$17.5M
Worldwide gross$27.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $5.5M — 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.1M — 26% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 800 theaters

Also known as

  • Mein Leben für dichde

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