Rock Star
The story of a wanna be who got to be.
A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates kick him out of the group he founded.Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long.
- Director
- Stephen Herek
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Rock Star returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $57M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Sep 4, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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