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Arrival(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

Arrival

Louise Banks, a linguist racing to decode an alien language, must unravel a cryptic message that reveals her future—and the fate of humanity—before time runs out.

“Why are they here?”

Directed by
Alex Myung, Denis Villeneuve
Written by
Alex Myung, Eric Heisserer
Rated
BBFC · 12A
Runtime
116 min
DramaMysterySci-Fi

Synopsis

In a world where alien spacecraft have landed in multiple locations, a skilled linguist is brought in by the military to assess whether the extraterrestrial visitors are peaceful or pose a danger.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 281+ 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 Joe WalkerShot by Bradford YoungScored by Cody UhlerDesigned by Patrice VermetteSound by Sylvain Bellemare Nm0068858Costumes by Renee AprilStunts by Marc Desourdy

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× 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

$203.4M

Budget$47.0M
Worldwide gross$203.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.5M — 49% of worldwide · International: $102.8M (51%)

Opening weekend: $24.1M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $31.6M — 31% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,317 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Arrivalde
  • Story of Your Lifeen
  • La Llegadaes
  • Premier Contactfr
  • (complete title)Kontakti i Parë
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 1, 2016
  • United StatesSep 2, 2016
  • CanadaSep 9, 2016
  • SpainSep 23, 2016

Companies

ProductionFilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment

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