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Released
1993 · FILM

Alive

A stranded Uruguayan rugby team battles freezing temperatures and dwindling supplies in the Andes, fighting nature and desperation to stay alive and find rescue.

“The triumph of the human spirit.”

Directed by
Frank Marshall, Frank Marshall Nm0550881
Written by
Piers Paul Read, John Patrick Shanley
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
127 min
BiographyDramaThriller

Synopsis

The true story follows a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving the survivors stranded in extreme conditions. Faced with freezing temperatures and limited food supplies, the group relied on their determination and resourcefulness to endure and ultimately survive.

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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 William GoldenbergShot by Peter JamesScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Norman Reynolds

Box Office

1993 · 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

$36.7M

Budget$32.0M
Worldwide gross$36.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $10.3M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $10.3M — 28% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,132 theaters

Also known as

  • Überlebende
  • ¡Viven!es
  • Les Survivantsfr
  • Alive - Sopravvissutiit

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