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Released
1988 · FILM

A Cry in the Dark

“A family torn apart. A public filled with outrage. A woman accused of murder.”

Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Written by
John Bryson, Robert Caswell
Runtime
120 min
BiographyDrama

Synopsis

Lindy Chamberlain's story is based on the real-life events that occurred during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, when she claimed to have witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found, and following investigations and two public inquests, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with murder.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Jill BilcockShot by Ian BakerScored by Bruce SmeatonDesigned by Wendy Dickson

Box Office

1988 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$6.9M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$6.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $1.6M — 23% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $2.0M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 334 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein Schrei in der Dunkelheitde
  • A Cry In The Darken
  • Un grito en la oscuridades
  • Un cri dans la nuitfr
  • Un grido nella notteit

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