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Released
1977 · FILM

Eraserhead

A troubled woman unravels the dark secrets of her small town, confronting a haunting past and a malevolent force that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.

“Where your nightmares end...”

Directed by
David Lynch, David Lynch Nm0000186
Written by
David Lynch, David Lynch Nm0000186
Rated
BBFC · 18
Color
Black & White
Runtime
89 min
FantasyHorror
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Henry Spencer, a first-time father, struggles to cope with the challenges of his industrial surroundings, his angry girlfriend, and the overwhelming cries of his newborn child, who is revealed to be a mutant.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 46+ 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 David LynchShot by Herbert Cardwell

Box Office

1977 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 70× 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

$7.0M

Budget$100K
Worldwide gross$7.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (English)Eraserhead
  • (Bulgarian)Гумена глава
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 19, 1977
  • FranceSep 1, 1977

Companies

ProductionAmerican Film Institute (AFI), Libra Films

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