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Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

Guardians of the Galaxy

A rogue thief with a heart of gold teams up with a mismatched band of misfits to protect a powerful cosmic artifact, while evading ruthless assassins and uncovering the truth about his past.

“When things get bad, they'll do their worst.”

Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
121 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Twenty‑six years after his abduction, Peter Quill finds himself far from Earth and becomes the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb coveted by Ronan the Accuser.

Credits

Actors

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 1000+ 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.

Box Office

2014 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.5× 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

$772.8M

Budget$170.0M
Worldwide gross$772.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $333.2M — 43% of worldwide · International: $439.6M (57%)

Opening weekend: $94.3M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $134.4M — 40% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,080 theaters

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Re-release box office

20201,560 theaters
$1.1M($1.4M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Guardians of the Galaxyde
  • Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxyde
  • Guardianes de la Galaxiaes
  • Les Gardiens de la Galaxiefr
  • Guardiani della galassiait
  • (French)Les Gardiens de la Galaxie
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 21, 2014
  • United KingdomJul 24, 2014
  • CanadaJul 29, 2014
  • IcelandJul 30, 2014
  • ArgentinaJul 31, 2014

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Marvel StudiosLongcross StudiosMoving Pictures Company
Distributors
Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesB&H Film DistributionBuena Vista International
Special effectsKristyan Mallett Fx, Stereo D, ReelEye Company, Framestore, Moving Picture Company (MPC)
Other companiesMarvel Studios, 5th Kind, Abbey Road Studios, Access Bookings, Ags Film & Tv, Alexa

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