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Pain & Gain(2013)
Released
2013 · FILM

Pain & Gain

A ruthless ex‑con turned gym manager plots to extort a wealthy bodybuilder, recruiting a desperate trainer and a volatile former inmate for a high‑stakes kidnapping that spirals into deadly betrayal.

“Their American dream is bigger than yours.”

Directed by
Michael Bay, Steve Battaglia
Written by
Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
130 min
ActionBiographyComedy

Synopsis

Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, believes that extortion is the only path to achieving his version of the American dream. To carry out his plan, he enlists musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After multiple failed attempts, they abduct wealthy businessman Victor Kershaw and force him to sign over all his assets. However, when Kershaw survives the ordeal, law enforcement is hesitant to take his account seriously.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 655+ 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 Tom MuldoonShot by Ben SeresinScored by Steve JablonskyDesigned by Jeffrey BeecroftSound by Erik AadahlCostumes by Colleen KelsallStunts by Ken Bates Nm0060962VFX by Pablo Helman

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$87.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$87.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $49.9M — 57% of worldwide · International: $37.4M (43%)

Opening weekend: $20.2M — 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $26.3M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,277 theaters

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Also known as

  • Pain & Gainde
  • No Pain No Gainfr

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