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Released
2024 · FILM

A Complete Unknown

A young Bob Dylan hitchhikes to New York hoping to meet his idol Woody Guthrie, only to confront a music industry that forces him to record safe folk covers, jeopardizing his quest to become a groundbreaking voice.

“The ballad of a true original.”

Directed by
James Mangold, Billy Brennan
Written by
James Mangold, Jay Cocks
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
141 min
BiographyDramaMusic
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

In the early 1960s, New York City was a hub of musical innovation and social change. A 19-year-old from Minnesota, armed with a guitar and a distinctive talent, moved to the West Village. His arrival marked the beginning of a significant influence on American music.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 346+ 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 Andrew BucklandShot by Phedon PapamichaelDesigned by Francois AudouySound by David Giammarco Nm0316102Costumes by Arianne Phillips

Box Office

2024 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$140.5M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$140.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $75.0M — 53% of worldwide · International: $65.5M (47%)

Opening weekend: $11.6M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $11.6M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,835 theaters

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Also known as

  • Like A Complete Unknownde
  • Un parfait inconnufr
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 20, 2024
  • CanadaDec 25, 2024

Companies

ProductionSearchlight Pictures, Veritas Entertainment, White Water

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