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Released
2023 · FILM

Elemental

A fiery young entrepreneur must tame her blazing temper to protect her family's beloved convenience store from a relentless water-element inspector who threatens to shut them down.

“Opposites react.”

Directed by
Peter Sohn, Cynthia Lusk
Written by
John Hoberg, Kat Likkel
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
101 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

In a city where residents of fire, water, land, and air coexist, a passionate young woman and a laid-back man will uncover something fundamental: the common ground they share.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 177+ 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 Stephen SchafferShot by David Juan BianchiScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by Don ShankSound by Danielle AdamsVFX by Sanjay Bakshi

Box Office

2023 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.5× 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

$496.4M

Budget$200.0M
Worldwide gross$496.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $154.4M — 31% of worldwide · International: $342.0M (69%)

Opening weekend: $29.6M — 19% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $47.1M — 30% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,035 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • theatrical release· 109 min

Also known as

  • Élémentairefr
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 27, 2023
  • BelgiumJun 14, 2023
  • EgyptJun 14, 2023
  • South KoreaJun 14, 2023

Companies

ProductionWalt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Hurwitz Creative

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