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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A destitute boy named Charlie wins a coveted Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory, where he must outwit greedy competitors and uncover hidden dangers to claim the ultimate prize and secure his family’s future.

Prepare for a taste of adventure.

Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
115 min
AdventureComedyFamily
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's only known candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 982+ 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 Chris LebenzonShot by Philippe RousselotScored by Danny ElfmanSound by Eddy JosephCostumes by Gabriella PescucciStunts by Jim DowdallVFX by Nick Davis Nm0002428

Box Office

2005 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.2× 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

$475.0M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$475.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $206.5M 43% of worldwide · International: $268.5M (57%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrikde
  • Charlie y la fábrica de chocolatees
  • Charlie et la Chocolateriefr
  • La fabbrica di cioccolatoit

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