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Whiplash

Name: Whiplash
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Music
Released: 2014-10-10
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell

Hollywood20141h 47mEnglishTop 96% of Hollywood budgets

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507th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 24
Return on budget: 96
Audience rating: 99
Momentum: 16

Out-grossed 24% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($50M).
Returned 15.2× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 16th percentile.
Audience rating 8.4 from 17,176 votes, the 99th percentile.

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Cost: $3M
Took: $50M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 4.9 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Released: 10 October 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 23 credits

Made by

Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer: Damien Chazelle
Original Music Composer: Justin Hurwitz
Director of Photography: Sharone Meir
Producer: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak

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