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Released
2007 · FILM

Beowulf

A fearless Geatish warrior leads his band into the cursed halls of Denmark to slay the monstrous Grendel terrorizing King Hrothgar’s realm—and must confront a vengeful mother beast before her wrath destroys everything he holds dear.

“Face your demons.”

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis, Josh Mclaglen
Written by
Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
115 min
ActionAdventureAnimation

Synopsis

In the 6th century, a Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf sets out to defeat Grendel, a man-like ogre.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 947+ 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 Jeremiah O DriscollShot by Robert PresleyScored by Alan SilvestriDesigned by Doug ChiangSound by Dustin CawoodCostumes by Gabriella PescucciStunts by Jesse V JohnsonVFX by Jerome Chen

Box Office

2007 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$195.7M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$195.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $82.3M — 42% of worldwide · International: $113.5M (58%)

Opening weekend: $27.5M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $40.1M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,153 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Die Legende von Beowulfde
  • La Légende de Beowulffr
  • La leggenda di Beowulfit
  • (French)La légende de Beowulf
  • (Bulgarian)Беулф
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 5, 2007
  • IndonesiaNov 14, 2007
  • South KoreaNov 14, 2007
  • PhilippinesNov 14, 2007
  • GermanyNov 15, 2007

Companies

ProductionShangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers

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