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Donnie Darko(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

Donnie Darko

A troubled teenager with visions of a sinister rabbit learns the world will end in 28 days, forcing him to unravel the mystery of time, sanity, and his own destiny.

“28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.”

Directed by
Richard Kelly
Written by
Richard Kelly
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
113 min
DramaMysterySci-Fi

Synopsis

A teen who narrowly avoids a strange accident becomes haunted by visions of a large rabbit, which influences him to carry out multiple crimes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 51+ 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 Sam BauerShot by Steven PosterScored by Michael AndrewsDesigned by Alec Hammond

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$7.5M

Budget$4.5M
Worldwide gross$7.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $164K

Peak 58 theaters

Re-release box office

201721 theaters
$322K($434K today)

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

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • director's cut· 134 min

Also known as

  • (Bulgarian)Дони Дарко
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • MexicoJan 19, 2001
  • United StatesJan 19, 2001
  • GermanyJul 21, 2001

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