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Released
2009 · FILM

A Single Man

A grieving British professor in 1962 Los Angeles must confront his emptiness and decide whether life still matters as a single day forces him to face love, loss, and the looming threat of global catastrophe.

Directed by
Tom Ford, Brian Avery Galligan
Written by
Christopher Isherwood, Tom Ford
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
99 min
DramaRomanceThriller

Synopsis

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, during the height of the Cuban missile crisis, the story follows a British college professor who is preoccupied with the past and unable to envision his future. Over the course of a single day, he experiences a series of events and encounters that ultimately lead him to confront whether life holds any meaning following the death of his longtime partner, Jim.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 228+ 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 Joan SobelShot by Eduard GrauScored by Abel KorzeniowskiDesigned by Dan BishopSound by Lori DoviCostumes by Arianne PhillipsStunts by Jeff Danoff

Box Office

2009 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.6× 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

$25.0M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$25.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $9.2M — 37% of worldwide · International: $15.8M (63%)

Opening weekend: $217K — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $332K — 4% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 9 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)A Single Man
  • Sólo un hombrees
  • Un hombre solteroes
  • (Bulgarian)Самотен мъж
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • ItalySep 11, 2009
  • CanadaSep 14, 2009
  • United KingdomOct 16, 2009
  • JapanOct 19, 2009
  • United StatesOct 19, 2009

Companies

ProductionFade to Black Productions, Depth of Field, Artina Films

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