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Released
2002 · FILM

The Banger Sisters

A former rock‑n‑roll groupie tracks down her long‑lost best friend, thrusting them both into a clash of wild memories and respectable present lives as they must decide whether to cling to the past or embrace the moment.

“Some friendships last forever... like it or not.”

Directed by
Bob Dolman
Written by
Bob Dolman
Runtime
98 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

In the late 1960s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off — and they have the pictures to prove it. But it has been more than two decades since the Banger Sisters earned their nickname — or even laid eyes on each other. Their reunion is the collision of two women's worlds: one who is living in the past, and one who is hiding from it. Together, they learn to live in the moment.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Aram NigoghossianShot by Karl Walter LindenlaubScored by Trevor RabinDesigned by Maia Javan

Box Office

2002 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.8× 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

$38.1M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$38.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $30.3M — 80% of worldwide · International: $7.8M (20%)

Opening weekend: $10.0M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.4M — 44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,738 theaters

Also known as

  • Groupies Foreverde
  • Sex fans des sixtiesfr
  • Due amiche esplosiveit

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