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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent(2022)
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2022 · FILM

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

A washed‑up Hollywood star desperate to reclaim his fame accepts a mysterious million‑dollar invitation to Mallorca, where he must team up with an eccentric billionaire to improvise a high‑stakes film that could either revive his career or destroy everything he loves.

“Nicolas Cage is Nick Cage.”

Directed by
Tom Gormican, Peter Cseri
Written by
Kevin Etten, Tom Gormican
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
107 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

Facing creative stagnation and financial difficulties, Nick Cage accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. The situation takes an unexpected turn when he is recruited by a CIA operative and compelled to embody his most iconic on-screen personas to save himself and his loved ones.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 706+ 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 Melissa BrethertonShot by Nigel BluckScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Kevin KavanaughSound by Andrew DecristofaroCostumes by Paco DelgadoStunts by Balazs FarkasVFX by Jamison Goei

Box Office

2022 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 1.0× 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

$29.1M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$29.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $20.3M — 70% of worldwide · International: $8.8M (30%)

Opening weekend: $7.1M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $9.6M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,036 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Massive Talentde
  • Un talent en or massiffr
  • Il talento di Mr. Cit
  • (Bulgarian)Супер талант
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 12, 2022
  • FranceApr 20, 2022
  • IndonesiaApr 20, 2022
  • AustraliaApr 21, 2022
  • DenmarkApr 21, 2022

Production & Distribution

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LionsgateSaturn FilmsBurr! Productions

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