Crash won three Academy Awards including Best Picture after opening in 863 theaters on a 6.5 million dollar budget. Its namesake received a Metacritic score of 55. The statistics here compare awards, review scores, and box office results across both films.
Key Takeaways
- Crash (2022) received a Metacritic score of 55 out of 100
- Crash (2022) has an IMDb rating of 5.6/10
- Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Picture
- Crash (2004) has a runtime of 112 minutes
- Crash (2004) was released on May 6, 2005 (wide release)
- Crash (2004) production budget was $6.5 million
Crash scored mixed critic ratings but earned three major Oscars and grossed nearly $98.4 million worldwide.
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Awards and critical reception29 stats
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Crash (2022) received a Metacritic score of 55 out of 100https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/summary/
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Crash (2022) has an IMDb rating of 5.6/10https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838652/ratings/
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Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Picturehttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplayhttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Film Editinghttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) received 3 awards at the Academy Awards ceremony where it won Best Picturehttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) received 6 nominations at the Academy Awards ceremony where it won 3 awardshttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) holds an IMDb score distribution with 202,000+ user ratings visible on its ratings pagehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/ratings/
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Crash (2004) has a Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 60%https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) has a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer of 65%https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) has a Metacritic score of 63 out of 100https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) has a Metacritic user score of 6.5 out of 10https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) Rotten Tomatoes: 65% Tomatometer computed from 177 reviews (as displayed)https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) Rotten Tomatoes: number of critics reviews shown is 177https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) Rotten Tomatoes: number of audience ratings shown is 5,602 (audience score page)https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) Metacritic has 33 reviews contributing to the Metascorehttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) Metacritic has 137 ratings contributing to the user scorehttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) has 3 major Oscar wins (Best Picture, Screenplay, Film Editing)https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Picture (again explicit listing)https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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The film Crash has an IMDb “Awards” page listing 49 wins and 60 nominations (as shown)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/awards/
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Crash (2004) IMDb awards tally shows 49 winshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/awards/
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Crash (2004) IMDb awards tally shows 60 nominationshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/awards/
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Crash (2004) won the Academy Award for Film Editing credited to Stephen Mirrionehttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) won Academy Award for Best Picture credited to producershttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) won 3 Academy Awards at the 78th Academy Awardshttps://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006
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Crash (2004) Metacritic user score 6.5 (10 scale)https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) Metacritic metascore 63 (100 scale)https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crash-2004/
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Crash (2004) Rotten Tomatoes critics score 65% with 177 reviewshttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
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Crash (2004) Rotten Tomatoes audience score 60% with 5,602 ratingshttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash_2005
Interpretation
Awards and critical reception Interpretation
Like a cautionary tale about how perception splits the difference between acclaim and audience reaction, Crash (2004) is praised with Oscars and solid critic scores (65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic) yet still meets lukewarm personal verdicts (60 percent audience on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.5 on Metacritic) while its 2022 namesake earns only a modest Metacritic 55 and an IMDb 5.6.
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Film/production and box office30 stats
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Crash (2004) has a runtime of 112 minuteshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/technical/
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Crash (2004) was released on May 6, 2005 (wide release)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/releaseinfo/
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Crash (2004) production budget was $6.5 millionhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=summary
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Crash (2004) worldwide box office gross was $98.4 millionhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=summary
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Crash (2004) domestic box office gross was $54.6 millionhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=summary
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Crash (2004) international box office gross was $43.8 millionhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=summary
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Crash (2004) opening weekend (domestic) gross was $4.7 millionhttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) opening weekend (domestic) number of theaters was 863https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) widest release had 1,534 theatershttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) release poster indicates aspect ratio 1.85:1https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/technical/
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Crash (2004) genre is Drama/Thriller (as listed on IMDb)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/
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Crash (2004) director is Paul Haggishttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) screenwriters include Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (story/screenplay credits shown)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) distributor is Lionsgatehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/companycredits/
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Crash (2004) average rating on IMDb is 7.8/10 as shown on title main pagehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/
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Crash (2004) features Los Angeles as filming location (city listed)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/locations/
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Crash (2004) has 1,534 theaters at widest release (as listed)https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) US/Canada box office gross lifetime was $54,623,995https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) worldwide box office lifetime was $98,396,000https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=box-office
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Crash (2004) budget-to-gross ratio (gross $98.4M / budget $6.5M) is about 15.14, computed from source figures: $6.5M budget and $98.4M worldwide grosshttps://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Crash#tab=summary
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Crash (2004) has production companies listed as Lionsgate Films, Granada Productions, and others on IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/companycredits/
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Crash (2004) costume design credit includes Terri L. Dillingham (shown in full credits)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) cinematographer is Barry Sonnenfeldhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) editor is Stephen Mirrionehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) score composer is Mark Ishamhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/fullcredits/
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Crash (2004) is rated R in the US (rating shown)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/
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Crash (2004) is rated 18+ in Germany (as listed on IMDb)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/releaseinfo/
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Crash (2004) has MPAA rating R and runtime 112 minutes shown togetherhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/technical/
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Crash (2004) was released in the UK on September 7, 2005 (as listed)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/releaseinfo/
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Crash (2004) was released in France on April 26, 2006 (as listed)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/releaseinfo/
Interpretation
Film/production and box office Interpretation
With a tight 112 minute running time, Paul Haggis’s Los Angeles thriller drama hit 1,534 theaters at its widest, opened domestically in 863 for about $4.7 million, and still managed to turn a $6.5 million budget into roughly $98.4 million worldwide, as if the box office also needed to stop judging people by appearances.
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Gabrielle Fontaine. (2026, February 13). Crash Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/crash-statistics
MLA
Gabrielle Fontaine. "Crash Statistics." Gitnux, 13 Feb 2026, https://gitnux.org/crash-statistics.
Chicago
Gabrielle Fontaine. 2026. "Crash Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/crash-statistics.
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