Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRawson Marshall Thurber
Written byRawson Marshall Thurber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJerzy Zieliński
Edited by
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
Box office$168.4 million

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (stylized as DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story) is a 2004 sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, and Rip Torn. The film follows a group of unlikely misfits who enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament, needing the prize money to save their cherished gym from being taken over by a corporate health fitness chain.

Theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on June 18, 2004, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $168.4 million on a $20 million budget.

As of 2023, a sequel is in development.