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Released
2007 · FILM

A Mighty Heart

A determined mother and former journalist races against the clock to locate her kidnapped husband, battling a shadowy terrorist network before it's too late.

“One woman dared to keep hope alive.”

Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Written by
John Orloff, Mariane Pearl
Runtime
108 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's life and death.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Peter ChristelisShot by Marcel ZyskindScored by Harry EscottDesigned by Mark Digby

Box Office

2007 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$18.9M

Budget$16.0M
Worldwide gross$18.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $9.2M — 48% of worldwide · International: $9.8M (52%)

Opening weekend: $3.9M — 43% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $5.4M — 59% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,355 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein mutiger Wegde
  • Un cœur invaincufr

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