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Released
2007 · FILM

Bee Movie

A disillusioned honeybee graduate teams up with a daring pollen scout to escape corporate drudgery, only to crash into a human florist’s life in Manhattan and spark an unlikely partnership that could rewrite the rules of both worlds.

“Honey just got funny.”

Directed by
Steve Hickner, Simon J Smith
Written by
Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
91 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind. What will happen next?

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 966+ 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 Nick FletcherScored by Rupert Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Alex McdowellSound by Raed Al NatshehCostumes by Jane PooleVFX by Doug Cooper

Box Office

2007 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$287.6M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$287.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $126.6M — 44% of worldwide · International: $161.0M (56%)

Opening weekend: $38.0M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $46.2M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,928 theaters

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Also known as

  • Bee Movie - Das Honigkomplottde
  • Bee Movie- Das Honigkomplottde
  • Bee Movie : Drôle d'abeillefr
  • Drôle d'abeillefr

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