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Step Brothers(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

Step Brothers

Immature stepbrothers Brennan and Dale must juggle a cramped living situation, demanding parents, and a looming eviction by landing jobs, all while navigating clashing personalities and unexpected romantic entanglements that threaten to tear their fragile alliance apart.

“They grow up so fast.”

Directed by
Adam Mckay, Adam Mckay Nm0570912
Written by
Will Ferrell, Adam Mckay
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
98 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from being obsessed with the ultimate childhood fantasy: building a treehouse.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 262+ 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 Brent WhiteShot by Oliver WoodScored by Jon BrionDesigned by Clayton HartleySound by George H AndersonCostumes by Susan MathesonVFX by Raoul Bolognini

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$128.1M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$128.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.5M — 78% of worldwide · International: $27.6M (22%)

Opening weekend: $30.9M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $46.7M — 46% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,094 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • extended DVD edition· 105 min
  • unrated· 106 min

Also known as

  • Stiefbrüderde
  • Frangins malgré euxfr
  • Fratellastri a 40 anniit
  • (English)Step Brothers
  • (Bulgarian)Доведени братя
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • CanadaJul 25, 2008
  • United StatesJul 25, 2008

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions

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