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Released
1982 · FILM

Annie

Orphan Annie seizes a chance to live with billionaire Oliver Warbucks while launching a city‑wide hunt for the family she’s never known, only to confront swarms of fraudsters and a race against time before hope turns into heartbreak.

“The movie of 'Tomorrow.'”

Directed by
John Huston
Written by
Carol Sobieski, Thomas Meehan
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
127 min
ComedyDramaFamily
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Annie is an orphan living in a facility managed by the strict and unkind Miss Hannigan, who believes her parents mistakenly left her there. When wealthy businessman Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks initiates a publicity campaign by offering to let one orphan live at his home, Annie is chosen. As she adjusts to life in Warbucks' mansion, she continues to hope for a reunion with her parents. To fulfill this hope, Warbucks announces a public search for them, offering a reward, which attracts numerous imposters.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Michael A StevensonShot by Richard MooreScored by Charles StrouseDesigned by Dale Hennesy

Box Office

1982 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$57.1M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$57.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $57.1M — 100% of worldwide · International: $5K (0%)

Opening weekend: $511K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $808K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 14 theaters

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