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Released
2000 · FILM

Chicken Run

A rebellious hen named Ginger rallies her flock to break free from a sadistic egg farm, but must convince an injured American rooster to teach them to fly before the Tweedys turn their desperate escape into a deadly slaughter.

“There's nothing more determined than poultry with a plan.”

Directed by
Peter Lord, Nick Park
Written by
Peter Lord, Nick Park
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
84 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

The creators of *Wallace & Gromit* present an original and imaginative story centered on a group of chickens who are determined to escape their coop, even though they can't actually fly. When Rocky tries to teach Ginger and her fellow birds how to fly, progress is slow, but through teamwork, determination, and a bit of cluck, the brave flock devises one final plan in a dramatic attempt to achieve their dream of freedom.

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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 Robert FrancisShot by Simon JacobsScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Phil Lewis

Box Office

2000 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.0× 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

$224.8M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$224.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $106.8M — 48% of worldwide · International: $118.0M (52%)

Re-release box office

2025723 theaters
$403K($414K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Chicken Run - Hennen rennende
  • Galline in fugait

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