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The Blind Side(2009)
Released
2009 · FILM

The Blind Side

A homeless teen with raw talent fights his troubled past to earn a spot on a high‑school football team, while a determined family battles bureaucracy and prejudice to give him the chance at a future.

“Based on the extraordinary true story”

Directed by
John Lee Hancock, Karen Davis
Written by
John Lee Hancock, Michael Lewis
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
129 min
BiographyDramaSport
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The story follows Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who, with the support of a compassionate woman and her family, overcame significant challenges to become an All American football player and a first-round NFL draft pick.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 321+ 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 Mark LivolsiShot by Alar KiviloScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Michael CorenblithSound by Jon Johnson Nm0425416Costumes by Daniel OrlandiStunts by Anderson Martin

Box Office

2009 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× 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

$309.2M

Budget$29.0M
Worldwide gross$309.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $256.0M — 83% of worldwide · International: $53.3M (17%)

Opening weekend: $34.1M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $60.1M — 23% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,110 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Blind Side - Die große Chancede
  • Blind Side – Die grosse Chancede
  • The Blind Sidees
  • (Bulgarian)Невидима зона
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 17, 2009
  • CanadaNov 20, 2009
  • SingaporeJan 14, 2010
  • PhilippinesJan 27, 2010

Companies

ProductionAlcon Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment, Left Tackle Pictures

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