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Released
2014 · FILM

Frank

A hopeful guitarist joins an eccentric pop troupe led by the enigmatic Frank, only to discover the band's chaotic brilliance threatens to swallow his dreams and sanity.

“When you think you've gone far enough, go farther.”

Directed by
Lenny Abrahamson, Daisy Cummins
Written by
Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
95 min
ComedyDramaMusic
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

A young aspiring musician finds himself in over his head when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 278+ 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 Nathan NugentShot by James MatherScored by Stephen RennicksDesigned by Richard BullockSound by Niall BradyCostumes by Suzie HarmanStunts by Laurence ChavezVFX by Ed Bruce

Box Office

2014 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$1.9M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$1.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $31K

Peak 1 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Frank
  • (French)Frank
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 17, 2014
  • TürkiyeApr 17, 2014
  • United KingdomApr 25, 2014

Companies

ProductionElement Pictures, Runaway Fridge Productions, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Film4
DistributionAlcine Terran, Cinema Prestige, Earth Star Entertainment, KMBO, Kuusan Kino
Special effectsMatthew Smith Prosthetics, SSVFX, Screen Scene, Team FX
Other companiesProtagonist Pictures, Air-Edel Associates, Air-Edel Recording Studios, Apollo Studios, Aquila Travel, Ardmore Sound

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