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Released
2008 · FILM

The Family That Preys

Business is like family. Keep your affairs in order.

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Written by
Runtime
110 min
Drama

Synopsis

Charlotte Cartwright, a wealthy socialite, and her close friend Alice Pratt, a working-class woman with strong ideals, have shared a deep and enduring friendship over many decades. Their lives are now disrupted by the turmoil caused by their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business dealings, and a dark secret that threatens to destroy their family's reputation and stability. Seeking respite from the chaos, Charlotte and Alice embark on a cross-country road trip, hoping to rediscover themselves and find a way to prevent their families from falling into ruin.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

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 Maysie HoyShot by Toyomichi KuritaScored by Aaron ZigmanDesigned by Ina Mayhew

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.5× 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

$37.1M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$37.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $17.4M 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $20.9M56% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,070 theaters

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