 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Julie Gonzalo, Stephen Root, Chris Williams, Jason Bateman
Directed by: Rawson Thurber
Screenplay by: Rawson Thurber
Release Date: June 18th, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor, and language.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
 Domestic: $114,326,736 (68.3%)
Foreign: $53,395,574 (31.8%)
Total: $167,722,310 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Grab life by the ball.
Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s. The facility’s clientele of decidedly less-than-“average Joes” is made up of a self-styled pirate, a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader, an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports, a dim-witted young man, and a cocky know-it-all who, of course, really knows nothing.
Peter’s humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe’s, and Peter’s non-existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him.
A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe’s to finalize Globo’s takeover of the gym. But Peter’s boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds – and their own ineptitude – to try to save Average Joe’s. How? A showdown dodgeball competition against Globo Gym.
For his feature film directorial debut, Thurber, a sports fanatic who gained industry attention with his “Terry Tate: Office Linebacker” commercial spots for Reebok, wanted to merge the worlds of athletics and comedy.
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