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Real Steel(2011)
Released
2011 · FILM

Real Steel

A down‑on‑his‑luck former boxer steals a legendary fighting robot to reenter the brutal world of robot boxing, hoping a championship win will buy him enough cash and credibility to reclaim custody of his estranged son before rival guardians seize him forever.

“Courage is stronger than steel.”

Directed by
Shawn Levy
Written by
Richard Bateson, Richard Matheson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
127 min
ActionDramaSci-Fi

Synopsis

Charlie Kenton is a former fighter who left the ring after robots assumed control of the sport. When his robot is destroyed, he reluctantly joins forces with his estranged son to reconstruct and train an unexpected competitor.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 72+ 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 Dean ZimmermanShot by Mauro FioreScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by Tom Meyer

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$299.3M

Budget$110.0M
Worldwide gross$299.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $85.5M — 29% of worldwide · International: $213.8M (71%)

Opening weekend: $27.3M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $35.4M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,440 theaters

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Also known as

  • Real Steelde
  • Real Steel - Mein unschlagbarer Freundde
  • Real Steel - Stahlharte Gegnerde
  • Acero puroes
  • Real Steel - Cuori d'acciaioit

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