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Released
2008 · FILM

Speed Racer

Young prodigy Speed Racer races his high‑tech Mach 5 to win the world championship while battling a ruthless corporate conspiracy determined to crush his dream.

“Go!”

Directed by
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Written by
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
135 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Speed Racer is a young driver who dreams of becoming the champion of the racing world. With the support of his family and the advanced technology of his Mach 5 automobile, he pursues his goal with determination.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 288+ 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 Roger BartonShot by David TattersallScored by Michael GiacchinoDesigned by Owen Paterson

Box Office

2008 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$93.9M

Budget$120.0M
Worldwide gross$93.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $43.9M — 47% of worldwide · International: $50.0M (53%)

Opening weekend: $18.6M — 42% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $22.2M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,606 theaters

Also known as

  • Speed Racerde

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