The Way Back
“Every loss is another fight.”
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Way Back performed
Budget
$23.0M
Worldwide Gross
$14.6M
Gross Profit
−$8.4M
Return
0.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jack Cunningham
Ben Affleck
Jack Cunningham
Dan
Al Madrigal
Dan
Beth
Michaela Watkins
Beth
Angela
Janina Gavankar
Angela
Doc
Glynn Turman
Doc
Marcus Parrish
Melvin Gregg
Marcus Parrish
Brandon Durrett
Brandon Wilson
Brandon Durrett
Kenny Dawes
Will Ropp
Kenny Dawes
Sam Garcia
Fernando Luis Vega
Sam Garcia
Chubbs Hendricks
Charles Lott, Jr.
Chubbs Hendricks
Bobby Freeze
Ben Irving
Bobby Freeze
Devon Childress
Da'Vinchi
Devon Childress
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