Recorded/Estimated Wordwide Gross

$11.52 / $12.65

US Actual: $11.01 / 87.0%

Intl Est.: $1.64 / 13.0%

Recorded/Estimated Admissions Wordwide

1.7M / 1.7M

US Actual: 1.57 / 94.1%

Intl. Est: 0.10 / 5.9%

Worldwide Release History

251 Days / 2,222 Theaters*

Average Gross/Week: 397,260

First Released: 06/03/05 Last Seen: 02/09/06

* as many as, tracking

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Synopsis: In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, CA pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-boys paved the way to what is now referred to as "extreme sports," and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all of this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turned into big business.

Comment: Based on a Spin magazine aricle. David Fincher dropped out as helmer in Summer '03, stayed on as exec. prod.

SBD Review:

Other Reviews:

• Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) [2/4]
• Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein) [B-]
• Detroit Free Press [2/4]
• Entertainment Weekly [A]
• L.A. Daily News [2.5/4]
• Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
• New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
• New York Post (Kyle Smith) [2.5/4]
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank) [1.5/4]
• Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) [3/4]
• The Arizona Republic
• The Baltimore Sun [2.5/4]
• The Hollywood Reporter
• The New York Times (A.O. Scott)