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Released
1993 · FILM

Rudy

A scrappy steel‑town kid with a fierce dream battles grades, size and doubt to earn his place on Notre Dame’s storied football field.

“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog.”

Directed by
David Anspaugh
Written by
Angelo Pizzo
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
114 min
BiographyDramaSport

Synopsis

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working in the industry, but he dreamed of playing football at Notre Dame. However, there were several obstacles in his way. His academic performance was below average, his athletic abilities were limited, and he was significantly smaller than the other players. Despite these challenges, he possessed the determination and spirit of five people and was determined to earn a spot on the team.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 38

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 David RosenbloomShot by Oliver WoodScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Robb Wilson King

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$22.8M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$22.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $22.8M — 100% of worldwide · International: $50K (0%)

Opening weekend: $881K — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.3M — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 117 theaters

Re-release box office

2018656 theaters
$131K($173K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Touchdown - Sein Ziel ist der Siegde

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