Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Movie
A group of social rejects enters a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas against an all-star team led by Ben Stiller's character after their neighborhood "Average Joe's" gymnasium is threatened with a corporate takeover. White Goodman (Ben Stiller), a gleaming sports and fitness palace owner sends in attorney Kate Veach (Christine Taylor) to finalize the deal. An underachiever Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) owns that run-down gymnasium which has a clientele to be ashamed of; if he won't pay $50,000 as a mortgage payment, it will be impossible to save the gym. Peter and his friends put themselves into trying to win a high-stakes dodgeball tournament. Meanwhile, unfortunately for the sports tycoon, Peter's charms win his attorney Kate over and she helps him try to beat the odds and save the gym.
Tagline
- A true underdog story.
Grab life by the ball.
- Grab Life by the Balls (Australia)
Movie Info
- Year:
- 2004
- IMDB Rating:
- 6.6
- IMDB Votes:
- 31912
- Countries:
- USA, Germany
- Genres:
- Comedy, Sport
- Tags:
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Product placement, Casino, Las vegas nevada, Lesbian kiss, Flashback sequence, Obscene finger gesture, Gay slur, Surprise after end credits, Reporter, Wheelchair
- Domestic:
- $114,326,736 (68.2%)
- + Foreign:
- $53,395,574 (31.8%)
- = Worldwide:
- $167,722,310
- Opening
Weekend: - $30,070,196 (2,694 theaters, $11,161 average) % of Total Gross: 26.3%
- Release:
- 3,020 theaters