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The Bucket List Blu-ray

The Bucket List(2007)
Released
2007 · FILM

The Bucket List

When two terminally ill strangers—a humble mechanic and a ruthless billionaire—meet in a hospital, they race against dwindling days to complete an impossible bucket‑list of daring experiences, forcing each to confront mortality, pride, and the fragile ties that bind them.

“Find the joy.”

Directed by
Rob Reiner
Written by
Justin Zackham
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
97 min
AdventureComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Edward Cole, a corporate billionaire, and Carter Chambers, a working-class mechanic, are vastly different in background and lifestyle. When their lives reach a turning point, they find themselves sharing a hospital room and discover two commonalities: a wish to use their remaining time to fulfill their lifelong dreams and an unmet need to understand themselves better. Together, they set out on an unforgettable road trip, forming a friendship through which they learn to embrace life fully, guided by humor and reflection.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 33

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 Robert LeightonShot by John SchwartzmanScored by Marc ShaimanDesigned by Bill Brzeski

Box Office

2007 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× 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

$175.4M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$175.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $93.5M — 53% of worldwide · International: $81.9M (47%)

Opening weekend: $296K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $296K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 16 theaters

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Also known as

  • Das Beste kommt zum Schlussde
  • The Bucket List - Das Beste kommt zum Schlussde
  • Sans plus attendrefr
  • Non è mai troppo tardiit

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