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Released
1994 · FILM

Corrina, Corrina

A grieving widower hires a sharp-tongued housekeeper to care for his mute daughter, sparking a transformative journey that challenges their small town's prejudices and redefines family.

They needed a family. What they got was magic.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
115 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

After Manny Singer's wife passes away, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and emotionally withdrawn. To help care for Molly, Manny hires the sharp-tongued housekeeper Corrina Washington, who gradually helps Molly come out of her shell and introduces both father and daughter to a new way of life. The growing friendship between Manny and Corrina brings joy to Molly but causes resentment among the other townspeople.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Lee PercyShot by Bruce SurteesScored by Rick CoxDesigned by Jeannine Oppewall

Box Office

1994 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$20.1M

Budget$12.5M
Worldwide gross$20.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Corrina, Corrinade
  • Corina, Corinaes
  • Una moglie per papàit

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