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Released
2015 · FILM

Grandma

When reclusive poet Elle is thrust into a frantic day‑long quest to raise cash for her granddaughter’s abortion, she must confront the ghosts of her own past before time runs out.

Directed by
Paul Weitz
Written by
Paul Weitz
Runtime
78 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Elle Reid, a self-described misanthrope, has her carefully maintained isolation disrupted when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, unexpectedly arrives seeking assistance. The two embark on a day-long journey that forces Elle to confront her past while Sage grapples with the uncertainties of her future.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Jonathan CornShot by Tobias DatumScored by Joel P WestDesigned by Cindy Chao

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 12× 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

$7.2M

Budget$600K
Worldwide gross$7.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $178K

Peak 4 theaters

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