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Annihilation(2018)
Released
2018 · FILM

Annihilation

A cellular biology professor turned soldier must lead a perilous team of scientists back into the ever‑expanding Shimmer—a mysterious, reality‑warping zone that devours expeditions—to rescue her husband and uncover its deadly secret before it consumes everything they love.

“Fear what's inside.”

Directed by
Alex Garland
Written by
Alex Garland, Jeff Vandermeer
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
115 min
AdventureDramaHorror

Synopsis

A biologist joins a perilous, confidential expedition into an enigmatic zone where the laws of nature do not operate as expected.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 34

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 Barney PillingShot by Rob HardyScored by Mitch LowDesigned by Mark Digby

Box Office

2018 · 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

$43.1M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$43.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.7M — 76% of worldwide · International: $10.3M (24%)

Opening weekend: $11.1M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $15.0M — 46% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,012 theaters

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Also known as

  • Auslöschungde
  • Annientamentoit

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