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Released
2009 · FILM

Whip It

A restless Texas teen discovers roller derby and fights to prove herself on the track while breaking free from her small‑town confines.

“Be Your Own Hero”

Directed by
Drew Barrymore, Ryan Craig
Written by
Shauna Cross
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
111 min
DramaSport
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In Bodeen, Texas, a misfit who loves indie rock finds a way to cope with the monotony of small-town life after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 285+ 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 Dylan TichenorShot by Robert D YeomanScored by The Section QuartetDesigned by Kevin KavanaughSound by Christopher BarnettCostumes by Catherine Marie ThomasStunts by Jeff DashnawVFX by Dick Edwards

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$16.6M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$16.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $6.0M

Peak 1,721 theaters

Also known as

  • Roller Girlde
  • Roller Girl - Manchmal ist die schiefe Bahn der richtige Wegde
  • Blissfr
  • Whip It - Forza Bliss!it
  • (English)Whip It
  • (Bulgarian)Разбий ги!
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 13, 2009
  • United StatesSep 29, 2009
  • AustraliaOct 8, 2009

Companies

ProductionFox Searchlight Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Vincent Pictures, Flower Films (II), Rye Road Productions
DistributionFox Searchlight Pictures, David Distribucion, Monopole-Pathé, Saigon Movies Media, Cathay-Keris Films
Special effectsInvisible Effects, Tinsley Studio
Other companiesMandate International, Absolut Video, Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Colorescience Pro

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