Rule Breakers | |
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Directed by | Bill Guttentag |
Screenplay by | Elaha Mahboob Jason Brown Bill Guttentag |
Produced by | Samudrika Arora Bill Guttentag Laura Overdeck Roya Mahboob Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown |
Starring | Nikohl Boosheri Noorin Gulamgaus Amber Afzali Nina Hosseinzadeh Sara Malal Rowe Mariam Saraj Nasser Memarzia Ali Fazal |
Cinematography | John Pardue |
Edited by | Hibah Schweitzer |
Music by | Jeff Beal |
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Distributed by | Angel Studios |
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Running time | 120 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million [2] |
Box office | $2.4 million [3] |
Rule Breakers is a 2025 American drama film directed, written, and produced by Bill Guttentag. The film's story follows a visionary woman who sparks hope and opposition, in which their courage ignites a movement that could transform their nation forever.
The film was released in the United States on March 7, 2025.
In a nation where educating girls is seen as rebellion, a visionary woman dares to teach young minds to dream. When their innovation draws global attention, their success sparks hope—and opposition. As threats loom and sacrifices are made, their courage and unity ignite a movement that could forever transform the world.
— Angel Studios [4]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 82% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. [5] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. [7]
In October 2024, Angel Studios acquired the film distribution rights, [8] and released it to theaters across the United States, Canada, South Africa and Sri Lanka on March 7, 2025. [9] The film made $1.5 million from 2,044 theaters in its opening weekend. [10]