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Released
2024 · FILM

The Forge

Whoever wants the next generation the most will get them.

Directed by
Runtime
123 min
DramaFamily

Synopsis

Isaiah Wright is a 19-year-old who is passionate about basketball and video games. A year after graduating from high school, he is unemployed, without a clear plan, and uncertain about how to become a man. Struggling with his relationship with his single mother, Cynthia, Isaiah is given an ultimatum: either he must take responsibility or move out. Torn between the influence of his friends and the pressure from his mother, Isaiah is hired by Moore Fitness, not realizing how the owner will personally affect his life. With the support of his mother's prayers and unexpected guidance from his new mentor, Isaiah is compelled to confront his past, overcome his self-centeredness, and discover whether God has a greater purpose for his life.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Bill EbelShot by Bob ScottScored by Zack Leffew

Box Office

2024 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.1× 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

$40.4M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$40.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $29.1M 72% of worldwide · International: $11.3M (28%)

Opening weekend: $6.7M 23% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $9.7M33% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,818 theaters

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