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Black Widow(2021)
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2021 · FILM

Black Widow

A vengeful Black Widow must team up with her deadliest rival to take down the ruthless general who destroyed their lives and brainwashed their daughters into becoming lethal assassins.

“Her world. Her secrets. Her legacy.”

Directed by
Cate Shortland, Charlotte Carey
Written by
Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
134 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, faces the more troubling aspects of her past when a dangerous conspiracy emerges with connections to her history. As she is pursued by a relentless force determined to see her fall, Natasha is forced to confront her background as a spy and the fractured relationships that remained unresolved before she joined the Avengers.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 880+ 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 Leigh Folsom BoydShot by Gabriel BeristainScored by Lorne BalfeDesigned by Charles WoodSound by Cameron BarkerCostumes by Jany TemimeStunts by Luke AikinsVFX by Matt Aitken Nm0014884

Box Office

2021 · 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

$379.8M

Budget$200.0M
Worldwide gross$379.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $183.7M — 48% of worldwide · International: $196.1M (52%)

Opening weekend: $80.4M — 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $105.8M — 58% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,160 theaters

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Also known as

  • (English)Black Widow
  • Black Widowde
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • SpainJun 30, 2021
  • ItalyJul 3, 2021
  • BelgiumJul 7, 2021
  • SwitzerlandJul 7, 2021
  • EgyptJul 7, 2021

Companies

ProductionMarvel Studios
DistributionWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Blitz Film & Video Distribution, Blitz
Special effectsPixStone Images, The Third Floor, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), SSVFX, Stereo D
Other companiesWavevend Communications, 4DX, 5th Kind, Abbey Road Studios, Act One Script Clearance

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