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Released
2016 · FILM

A Hologram for the King

A down‑on‑his‑luck American salesman travels to Saudi Arabia hoping to close a high‑stakes tech deal with the king, only to battle relentless bureaucracy, elusive royalty and his own deteriorating health before his dream can even be pitched.

“How far will you go? To find yourself.”

Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Written by
Dave Eggers, Tom Tykwer
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
98 min
ComedyDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Tubi

Synopsis

Alan Clay, an American businessman facing financial difficulties, journeys to Saudi Arabia with the goal of selling a new technology to the King. However, he encounters numerous obstacles, including the complex bureaucracy of the Middle East, the King's consistent absence, and a concerning growth on his back.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

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 Alexander BernerShot by Frank GriebeScored by Johnny KlimekDesigned by Uli Hanisch

Box Office

2016 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× 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

$9.2M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$9.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Ein Hologramm für den Königde
  • Esperando al reyes
  • Un hologramme pour le roifr
  • Aspettando il reit

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