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War Dogs(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

War Dogs

A down‑on‑his‑luck Miami massage therapist partners with a reckless arms dealer to secure multimillion‑dollar military contracts, forcing him to choose between fast riches and his own conscience as the illegal empire spirals out of control.

“An American dream”

Directed by
Todd Phillips, Ali Benchekroune
Written by
Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
114 min
BiographyComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The film is based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who secured a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to supply weapons to America's allies in Afghanistan.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 346+ 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 Jeff GrothShot by Lawrence SherScored by Cliff MartinezDesigned by Bill BrzeskiSound by Cameron FrankleyCostumes by Michael KaplanVFX by Jamie Dixon

Box Office

2016 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$86.2M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$86.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $43.0M — 50% of worldwide · International: $43.2M (50%)

Opening weekend: $14.7M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $20.5M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,258 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • War Dogsde
  • Arms and the Dudesen
  • Trafficantiit
  • (English)War Dogs
  • (Bulgarian)В голямата игра
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 3, 2016
  • AustraliaAug 18, 2016

Companies

ProductionBZ Entertainment, Green Hat Films, Icon Films

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