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Released
2008 · FILM

Semi-Pro

A flamboyant owner‑coach fights to turn his hopeless ABA franchise into a winner, hoping a championship will secure a coveted spot in the NBA’s historic merger—while rival teams and league politics threaten to shut them out forever.

“Putting the funk into the dunk.”

Directed by
Kent Alterman, Courtenay Miles
Written by
Scot Armstrong, Warren Drummond
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
91 min
ComedySport

Synopsis

Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint, Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976, as the ABA faces collapse, the NBA plans to merge with the top four ABA teams at the end of the season, while the remaining teams will be eliminated. To secure a spot in the NBA, Jackie Moon must lead his team to victory and improve their standing.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 318+ 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 Debra Neil FisherShot by Shane HurlbutScored by Theodore ShapiroDesigned by Clayton HartleySound by Victor Ray EnnisCostumes by Susan MathesonVFX by John Coats

Box Office

2008 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$33.5M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$33.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $33.5M — 100% of worldwide · International: $20K (0%)

Opening weekend: $15.2M — 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Peak 3,121 theaters

Versions & cuts

  • unrated· 99 min
  • unrated DVD· 98 min

Also known as

  • Semi-Prode
  • (English)Semi-Pro
  • (Bulgarian)Полупрофесионалисти
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 19, 2008
  • CanadaFeb 29, 2008
  • United KingdomFeb 29, 2008
  • IrelandFeb 29, 2008

Companies

ProductionNew Line Cinema, Mosaic, Donners' Company, MFP Semi-Pro
DistributionNew Line Cinema, Alliance, Entertainment Film Distributors, Benelux Film Distributors, Fox-Warner
Special effectsPacific Vision Productions
Other companiesExecutive Assurance, Big Crowds, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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