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Released
2018 · FILM

Night School

A down‑on‑his‑luck salesman must earn his GED in a chaotic night‑school class while outwitting his high‑school rival and winning over a tough teacher before his career—and pride—go up in flames.

Directed by
Malcolm D Lee
Written by
Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
111 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to obtain his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high‑school nemesis and a feisty teacher who con

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Paul MillspaughShot by Greg GardinerScored by David NewmanDesigned by Keith Brian Burns

Box Office

2018 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$33.2M

Budget$29.0M
Worldwide gross$33.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $27.3M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $34.5M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,010 theaters

Also known as

  • Night Schoolde
  • Back to Schoolfr
  • La scuola seraleit

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