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Babel(2006)
Released
2006 · FILM

Babel

A grieving American mother, an ambitious Mexican nanny, a deaf Japanese teenager, and a Moroccan goatherder's sons become entangled in a chain‑reaction of misfires and misunderstandings that ignite international tension, forcing each to confront the fragile ties that bind their worlds together.

“If you want to be understood... listen.”

Directed by
Alejandro G Inarritu
Written by
Guillermo Arriaga, Alejandro G Inarritu
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
143 min
Drama

Synopsis

A married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert experiences a tragedy that sets off an interconnected narrative involving four separate families.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 70+ 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 Douglas CriseShot by Rodrigo PrietoScored by Gustavo SantaolallaDesigned by Brigitte Broch

Box Office

2006 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× 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

$135.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$135.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.3M — 25% of worldwide · International: $101.0M (75%)

Opening weekend: $389K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $551K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 7 theaters

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  • Babelde

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