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Released
1979 · FILM

Dracula

A charismatic and deadly Count Dracula arrives in 1913 England, determined to find a bride and unleash his dark legacy.

“Throughout history he has filled the hearts of men with terror, and the hearts of women with desire.”

Directed by
John Badham
Written by
W D Richter, Hamilton Deane
Runtime
109 min
DramaFantasyHorror
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In 1913, the charming, seductive, and sinister Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 John BloomShot by Gilbert TaylorScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Peter Murton

Box Office

1979 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× 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

$31.2M

Budget$12.2M
Worldwide gross$31.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $20.2M — 65% of worldwide · International: $11.0M (35%)

Opening weekend: $3.1M — 16% of its US run.

Peak 395 theaters

Also known as

  • Draculade
  • Dráculaes

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