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Released
2004 · FILM

Soul Plane

After winning a massive lawsuit over a disastrous flight, entrepreneur Nashawn Wade launches his own high‑flyin’ airline for Black travelers—only to have the venture spiraled into chaotic mayhem when an eccentric celebrity’s family hijacks the plane and threatens to ground his dream.

Announcing the arrival of the first airline with soul.

Directed by
Runtime
86 min
Comedy

Synopsis

After experiencing an extremely poor flight that results in the death of his pet, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline and secures a multimillion-dollar settlement. Inspired to improve the flying experience, he establishes his own airline, designed specifically to cater to an African-American clientele. Partnering with a customized aircraft piloted by the charismatic Capt. Mack, the airline faces complications when it encounters the family of Elvis Hunkee.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Michael R MillerShot by Jonathan SelaScored by RzaDesigned by Robb Buono

Box Office

2004 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× 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

$14.8M

Budget$16.0M
Worldwide gross$14.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $14.2M 96% of worldwide · International: $609K (4%)

Also known as

  • Soul Planede

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