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Released
1996 · FILM

Evita

Ambitious actress Eva Perón strives to become Argentina’s beloved First Lady, but must navigate ruthless politics, personal sacrifice, and a nation divided over her meteoric rise.

Unforgotten, forever loved and adored.

Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
135 min
BiographyDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The hit musical is based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón and was regarded as both the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Gerry HamblingShot by Darius KhondjiScored by Andrew Lloyd WebberDesigned by Brian Morris

Box Office

1996 · 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

$141.0M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$141.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.0M 35% of worldwide · International: $91.0M (65%)

Opening weekend: $139K 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $139K0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

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