Goal!
“Every dream has a beginning.”
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
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Part of Goal Collection
3 films
Cast
37 people
Danny Cannon Director · Dick Clement Screenplay Ian La Frenais Screenplay
Worldwide gross $28M · Budget $10M · United States release May 12, 2006
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$27,610,873
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
Milkshake Films
Production
Little Magic Films
Production
Epsilon Motion Pictures
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Studio · Production
Toshiba Entertainment
Production
Switzerland · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
France · September 8, 2005
Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
United States · May 12, 2006
Theatrical
Argentina
November 10, 2005 · Theatrical
Armenia
January 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Australia
February 16, 2006 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 18, 2005 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
December 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
October 7, 2005 · Theatrical
France
October 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
May 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 20, 2005 · Theatrical
Panama
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Peru
November 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 15, 2006 · Theatrical · Manila
Poland
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Russia
November 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 4, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 19, 2005 · Theatrical · French
October 20, 2005 · Theatrical · German
Türkiye
October 7, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Uruguay
November 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Venezuela
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
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