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Released
2015 · FILM

Captive

“Faith. Redemption. Survival.”

Directed by
Jerry Jameson
Written by
Brian Bird, Ashley Smith
Runtime
97 min
ActionBiographyCrime
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, the film is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, *The Purpose Driven Life*, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 27

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Melissa KentShot by Luis David SansansScored by Lorne BalfeDesigned by Sandra Cabriada

Box Office

2015 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$2.8M

Budget$2.0M
Worldwide gross$2.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $1.8M

Peak 806 theaters

Also known as

  • Captivede
  • Cautivoes

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