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The Men Who Stare at Goats(2009)
Released
2009 · FILM

The Men Who Stare at Goats

A jaded war reporter uncovers a hidden history of psychic soldiers in Iraq, forcing him to confront the truth behind a decades-old military conspiracy and his own crumbling life.

“No goats. No glory.”

Directed by
Grant Heslov, Ian Calip
Written by
John Coven, Jon Ronson
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
94 min
ComedyWar

Synopsis

A reporter in Iraq may be on the verge of uncovering a major story when he encounters Lyn Cassady, a man who claims to have been a former member of the U.S. Army.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 628+ 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 Tatiana S RiegelShot by Robert ElswitScored by Rolfe KentDesigned by Sharon SeymourSound by Mark A ManginiCostumes by Louise FrogleyStunts by Jeffrey Lee GibsonVFX by Thomas J Smith

Box Office

2009 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× 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

$68.7M

Budget$24.0M
Worldwide gross$68.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.4M — 47% of worldwide · International: $36.3M (53%)

Opening weekend: $12.7M — 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $17.2M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,443 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Männer, die auf Ziegen starrende
  • Los hombres que miraban fijamente a las cabrases
  • Les Chèvres du Pentagonefr
  • L'uomo che fissa le capreit
  • (English)The Men Who Stare at Goats
  • (Bulgarian)Мъжете, които се взират в кози
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • ItalySep 8, 2009
  • CanadaSep 11, 2009
  • United StatesSep 25, 2009

Production & Distribution

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BBC FilmRuby FilmsSmokehouse Pictures

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