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Released
2016 · FILM

Captain Fantastic

When an isolated family of radical survivalists must protect their children’s free‑thinking upbringing as the encroaching modern world threatens to tear them from their wilderness haven, they confront the ultimate test of ideology versus reality.

“He prepared them for everything except the outside world.”

Directed by
Matt Ross, Paul Dahlke
Written by
Matt Ross
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
118 min
AdventureComedyDrama

Synopsis

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father dedicated to providing his six children with a strict physical and intellectual upbringing is compelled to leave his secluded life and venture into the outside world, embarking on a journey that tests his understanding of what it means to be a parent.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 267+ 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 Joseph KringsShot by Stephane FontaineScored by Alex SomersDesigned by Russell BarnesSound by Rick AshCostumes by Courtney HoffmanStunts by Al GotoVFX by Jessica Clarke

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.6× 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

$23.1M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$23.1M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Captain Fantastic - Einmal Wildnis und zurückde
  • (Bulgarian)Капитан Фантастик
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 23, 2016
  • FranceMay 17, 2016

Companies

ProductionElectric City Entertainment, ShivHans Pictures

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