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Released
2014 · FILM

The Rover

A lone drifter fights to reclaim his only possession—a battered car—after a ruthless gang steals it in a lawless, post‑collapse outback, forcing him into an uneasy partnership with a wounded survivor as they confront brutal survival and relentless pursuers.

“Fear the man with nothing left to lose.”

Directed by
David Michod
Written by
David Michod, Joel Edgerton
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
103 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 27

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 Peter SciberrasShot by Natasha BraierScored by Antony PartosDesigned by Josephine Ford

Box Office

2014 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$2.5M

Budget$12.3M
Worldwide gross$2.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $81K

Peak 5 theaters

Also known as

  • The Roverde

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ProductionA24

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