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Released
1999 · FILM

Superstar

Socially awkward teen Mary Katherine Gallagher schemes to win fame—and a coveted first kiss—by turning her high‑school life into a relentless quest for stardom, battling ridicule and self‑doubt at every turn.

“Dare to dream.”

Directed by
Bruce Mcculloch
Written by
Molly Shannon, Steve Koren
Runtime
82 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an outcast at St. Monica High School, dreams of being kissed soulfully. Believing that becoming a superstar is the key to fulfilling this desire, she channels her prayers, fantasies, and conversations with her only friend toward achieving fame.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

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 Malcolm CampbellShot by Walt LloydScored by Michael GoreDesigned by Gregory P Keen

Box Office

1999 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$30.6M

Budget$14.0M
Worldwide gross$30.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $8.9M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $10.9M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,943 theaters

Also known as

  • Superstar - Trau' dich zu träumende

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