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Released
2008 · FILM

Babylon A.D.

A battle‑hardened mercenary must race across a war‑torn Europe and evade ruthless pursuers to deliver a mysterious pregnant woman with a world‑changing secret to New York before her powers trigger global catastrophe.

“Kill or be Killed.”

Directed by
Mathieu Kassovitz, Bob Brown
Written by
Maurice G Dantec, Mathieu Kassovitz
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
101 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A former soldier turned mercenary is hired to transport a young woman carrying a secret from post‑apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 669+ 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 Benjamin WeillShot by Thierry ArbogastScored by Atli OrvarssonDesigned by Paul CrossSound by Lucien BalibarCostumes by ChattouneStunts by Ken Bates Nm0060962VFX by Aurelia Abate

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$72.1M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$72.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $22.5M — 31% of worldwide · International: $49.6M (69%)

Opening weekend: $9.5M — 42% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $13.2M — 59% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,390 theaters

Also known as

  • Babylon A.D.de
  • Babylon ADde

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