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2004 · FILM

Alexander

A brilliant young prince seizes a shattered kingdom and embarks on an unstoppable quest to conquer the known world, battling rival empires and his own destiny before the gods claim his legacy.

The greatest legend of all was real

ActionBiographyDrama

Synopsis

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 31

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 Yann HerveShot by Rodrigo PrietoScored by VangelisDesigned by Jan Roelfs

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$167.3M

Budget$155.0M
Worldwide gross$167.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.3M 21% of worldwide · International: $133.0M (79%)

Opening weekend: $8.2M 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $8.2M24% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,445 theaters

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Also known as

  • Alexanderen
  • Alexanderen
  • Alejandro Magnoes
  • Alexandrefr

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