Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| Written by | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| Produced by | |
| Starring |
|
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zieliński |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
|
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries |
|
| Language | English |
| 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.