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Released
2006 · FILM

Shortbus

In post‑9/11 New York, a disparate group of artists, lovers and seekers converge at an underground Brooklyn salon where they chase genuine intimacy amid the city’s lingering isolation and their own insecurities. Their attempts to connect threaten to unravel as desire, vulnerability, and the raw reality of modern life collide.

“Open your mind. And everything else.”

Directed by
John Cameron Mitchell
Written by
John Cameron Mitchell
Rated
MPA · NR
Runtime
101 min
ComedyDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Pluto TV

Synopsis

Set in New York City after the September 11 attacks, a diverse group of individuals becomes interconnected through personal, romantic, and sexual relationships at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn venue known for its mix of art, music, political discourse, and explicit content.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Brian A KatesShot by Frank G DemarcoScored by Yo La TengoDesigned by Jody Asnes

Box Office

2006 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$5.6M

Budget$2.0M
Worldwide gross$5.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $21K

Peak 6 theaters

Re-release box office

20226 theaters
$31K($35K today)

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

Also known as

  • Shortbus - Dove tutto è permessoit

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