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Hellboy(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Hellboy

When a demonic infant raised as Hellboy joins the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, he must stop an immortal Nazi sorcerer from unleashing ancient evil that could plunge the world into darkness.

“From the dark side to our side.”

Directed by
Guillermo Del Toro
Written by
Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Briggs
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
122 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

During the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their failing cause. The Allies conduct a raid on the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a baby demon is summoned and rescued by Allied forces, who name him "Hellboy." Sixty years later, Hellboy works for the cause of good as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, alongside Abe Sapien, a merman with psychic abilities, and Liz Sherman, a woman with pyrokinetic powers, as they protect America from dark forces.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 60+ 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 Peter AmundsonShot by Guillermo NavarroScored by Marco BeltramiDesigned by Stephen Scott

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× 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

$99.3M

Budget$66.0M
Worldwide gross$99.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $59.6M — 60% of worldwide · International: $39.7M (40%)

Opening weekend: $23.2M — 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $30.0M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,028 theaters

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Also known as

  • Hellboyde

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