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Blade Runner 2049(2017)
Released
2017 · FILM

Blade Runner 2049

A Nexus-9 blade runner uncovers evidence that replicants can reproduce, forcing him to confront his reality and choose between following orders and uncovering a truth that could ignite a war between humans and machines.

“The key to the future is finally unearthed.”

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Written by
Hampton Fancher, Michael Green
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
164 min
ActionDramaMystery

Synopsis

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what remains of society into chaos. As he investigates the mystery, K discovers that the boundaries between human and replicant may no longer be as clear as they once seemed, forcing him to confront the nature of identity and the truth of his own existence. His search leads him to the enigmatic Deckard, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the desert. As the two men navigate the shifting moral landscape, their journey raises fundamental questions about memory, reality, and what it means to be human in a world where the line between creator and creation is increasingly blurred.

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A crew of 985+ 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 Joe WalkerShot by Roger DeakinsScored by Benjamin WallfischDesigned by Dennis Gassner

Box Office

2017 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$259.2M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$259.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $92.1M — 36% of worldwide · International: $167.2M (64%)

Opening weekend: $32.8M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $45.5M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,058 theaters

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Also known as

  • Blade Runner 2049de
  • Blade Runner 2en

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