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| Directed by | Benson Lee |
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| Based on | Planet B-Boy by Benson Lee |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Michael Barrett |
| Edited by | Peter S. Elliot |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
Production company | Contrafilm |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems (through Sony Pictures Releasing[1]) |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million[2] |
| Box office | $16.5 million[2] |
Battle of the Year is a 2013 American 3D dance film directed by Benson Lee.[3] The film was released on September 20, 2013 through Screen Gems and stars Josh Holloway, Chris Brown, Laz Alonso, Caity Lotz, and Josh Peck.
Battle of the Year is based upon Lee's award-winning 2007 documentary Planet B-Boy, about the b-boying competition of the same name. The feature film includes cinematography by Vasco Nunes, Lee's director of photography on the original documentary.[4]
The film released theactrically on September 20, 2013 by Screen Gems, The film was universally panned by critics and audiences alike and was a box-office bomb, grossing $16 million and failed to recoup its budget of $20 million.
- ^ "Battle of the Year (2013)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Battle of the Year (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ Harris, Scott (July 23, 2012). "Josh Holloway Vs. Chris Brown Is the 'Battle of the Year'". Next Movie. MTV. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ Reuters Staff (October 26, 2011). "Chris Brown, Josh Holloway Starring in 'Planet B Boy'". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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