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Released
2004 · FILM

Finding Neverland

A struggling playwright finds inspiration and an unconventional family in a widowed mother and her four sons, but his growing bond with them sparks controversy and threatens to unravel both his career and their lives.

“Where will your imagination take you?”

Directed by
Marc Forster, Joanna Crow
Written by
Allan Knee, David Magee
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
106 min
BiographyDramaFamily

Synopsis

While experiencing a period of writer's block, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four young sons, who become an important part of his life and serve as the inspiration for his creation of the masterpiece *Peter Pan*.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 265+ 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 Matt ChesseShot by Roberto SchaeferScored by Jan A P KaczmarekDesigned by Gemma JacksonSound by Matthew CollingeCostumes by Alexandra ByrneStunts by Lee ShewardVFX by Jam Abelanet

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× 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

$116.8M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$116.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $51.7M — 44% of worldwide · International: $65.1M (56%)

Opening weekend: $221K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $313K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 8 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • DVD, Encore print· 101 min

Also known as

  • Wenn Träume Fliegen Lernende
  • Neverlandfr
  • Neverland - Un sogno per la vitait
  • (French)Voyage au pays imaginaire
  • (Bulgarian)Пътят към Невърленд
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 4, 2004
  • United StatesSep 4, 2004
  • IsraelSep 30, 2004
  • GreeceOct 5, 2004

Companies

ProductionMiramax, FilmColony, Keylight Productions

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