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Released
2010 · FILM

Blue Valentine

A devoted dad races against the clock to locate his missing family dog while juggling a chaotic morning with his spirited daughter, only to confront mounting tensions in his marriage that threaten to unravel their fragile domestic harmony.

“A Love Story.”

Directed by
Derek Cianfrance, Mariela Comitini
Written by
Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
112 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They seem to have everything going for them at the beginning of their relationship. However, Dean's lack of ambition and Cindy's growing self-absorption begin to create serious, potentially irreversible strains on their marriage.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 195+ 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 Jim HeltonShot by Andrij ParekhScored by Grizzly BearDesigned by Inbal WeinbergSound by Damian CanelosCostumes by Erin BenachStunts by Blaise Corrigan

Box Office

2010 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 15× 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

$15.4M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$15.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $98K

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Blue Valentinede
  • Blue Valentine - Vom Ende einer Liebede
  • (Bulgarian)Блу Валънтайн
  • (Bulgarian, TV Title)Синя валентинка
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 24, 2010
  • FranceMay 18, 2010
  • CanadaSep 15, 2010

Companies

ProductionIncentive Filmed Entertainment, Silverwood Films, Hunting Lane Films

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