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25th Anniversary | Official UK & IRE Trailer [Subtitled]

Amélie(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

Amélie

Amélie, a whimsical waitress in Paris, finds joy in life's small wonders and secretly mends the world around her—until she dares to confront her own heart in the hopes of finding love.

“She’ll change your life.”

Directed by
Jean Pierre Jeunet, Sylvain Bressollette
Written by
Guillaume Laurant, Jean Pierre Jeunet
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
122 min
Language
FR
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

In a small Paris café, Amélie, who is both adorable and painfully shy, discovers an ability to help others. She begins spending her time acting as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and general do‑gooder. When she encounters a handsome stranger, she must decide whether to summon the courage to become the protagonist of her own love story.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 327+ 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 Herve SchneidShot by Bruno DelbonnelScored by Yann TiersenDesigned by Aline BonettoSound by Vincent ArnardiCostumes by Madeline FontaineStunts by Remi CanapleVFX by Alain Carsoux

Box Office

2001 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× 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

$173.9M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$173.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $33.2M — 19% of worldwide · International: $140.7M (81%)

Opening weekend: $136K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $233K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3 theaters

Re-release box office

2024216 theaters
$397K($418K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Die fabelhafte Welt der Améliede
  • Amélieen
  • Amélie from Montmatreen
  • The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulainen
  • Améliees
  • Il favoloso mondo di Amélieit

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