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Released
2008 · FILM

10,000 BC

A young hunter must prove himself in a deadly mammoth hunt to win the right to lead his tribe into an uncertain future, as ancient prophecies and mysterious predators threaten to destroy everything.

“The legend. The battle. The first hero.”

Directed by
Roland Emmerich, Emma Cross
Written by
Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
109 min
ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter on a journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 289+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Alexander BernerShot by Ueli SteigerScored by Harald KloserDesigned by Jean Vincent PuzosCostumes by Odile Dicks MireauxVFX by Nicolas Aithadi

Box Office

2008 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$269.8M

Budget$105.0M
Worldwide gross$269.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $94.8M — 35% of worldwide · International: $175.0M (65%)

Opening weekend: $35.9M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $44.8M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,410 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (Bulgarian)10 000 години пр.н.е.
  • (Bulgarian)10 000 пр.н.е.
  • 10,000 B.C.de
  • 10.000 B.C.de
  • 10.000 BCde
  • 10000 BCde
  • 10,000 A.C.en
  • 10 000 a. C.es
  • 10 000fr
  • 10.000 ACit
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • JapanFeb 22, 2008
  • GermanyFeb 26, 2008
  • SpainFeb 28, 2008
  • ArgentinaMar 3, 2008
  • PhilippinesMar 5, 2008

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment

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