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Released
1975 · FILM

Barry Lyndon

An impoverished Irish heir desperate to win his beloved’s hand enlists in the Seven Years’ War, only to desert, assume a false identity, and battle ruthless rivals as he schemes to climb into high society before his past catches up with him.

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Stevenson
Written by
Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
188 min
AdventureDramaWar
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 164+ 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 Tony LawsonShot by John AlcottDesigned by Ken AdamCostumes by Milena Canonero

Box Office

1975 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× 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

$31.5M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$31.5M
break-even (2.5×)

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