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Sweet Home Alabama(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

Sweet Home Alabama

A high‑powered New York fashion designer returns to her small Alabama hometown to finalize a divorce and announce an engagement, only to confront the bitter ex‑husband who refuses to sign the papers and a political matriarch determined to sabotage her future. She must outwit both personal betrayal and elite ambition to secure her love and reclaim control of her life.

“Sometimes What You're Looking For Is Right Where You Left It.”

Directed by
Andy Tennant, Louis D Esposito
Written by
Douglas J Eboch, C Jay Cox
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
108 min
ComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

Melanie Carmichael, a New York fashion designer, unexpectedly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. However, her past is complicated by secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to grant her a divorce. Determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie returns to her hometown in Alabama to confront her past.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 448+ 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 Troy TakakiShot by Andrew DunnScored by George FentonDesigned by Clay A GriffithSound by Bob BeemerCostumes by Marina RayStunts by Lonnie R Smith JrVFX by Mat Beck

Box Office

2002 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× 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

$180.6M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$180.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $127.2M — 70% of worldwide · International: $53.4M (30%)

Opening weekend: $35.6M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $44.0M — 35% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,293 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Sweet Home Alabama – Liebe auf Umwegende
  • Fashion victimefr
  • Tutta colpa dell'amoreit
  • Tutta colpa dell'amore - Sweet home Alabamait
  • (Bulgarian)Сватбен сезон
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 20, 2002
  • CanadaSep 27, 2002
  • IsraelOct 18, 2002

Production & Distribution

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Touchstone PicturesOriginal FilmD&D Films

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