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Released
2011 · FILM

Absentia

A grieving pregnant woman refuses to accept her husband's disappearance and battles mounting pressure from her pragmatic sister while a mysterious tunnel near their home threatens to unravel the truth behind his seven‑year absence.

“There are fates worse than death.”

Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Written by
Mike Flanagan
Runtime
91 min
DramaHorrorMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister, Callie, moves in with her as the pressure grows to declare him "dead in absentia." Tricia remains hopeful, reluctant to give up, while Callie takes a more practical approach, urging her to move forward. As Tricia struggles to come to terms with the loss and rebuild her life, Callie becomes increasingly drawn to a mysterious tunnel near the house.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

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 Mike FlanaganShot by Rustin CervenyScored by Ryan David LeackDesigned by Liz Bradley

Box Office

2011 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.1× 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

$9K

Budget$70K
Worldwide gross$9K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Absentiade

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