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Hidden Figures(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

Hidden Figures

A brilliant Black mathematician at 1960s NASA fights institutional racism to become the first woman on a top-secret space team, while her colleagues uncover deadly design flaws that could jeopardize America’s race to the stars.

“Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do.”

Directed by
Theodore Melfi, Philip Banks
Written by
Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
127 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were brilliant African-American women who worked at NASA and played crucial roles in one of the greatest operations in history—the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio overcame significant barriers related to gender and race, contributing to the success of the mission and inspiring future generations to pursue ambitious dreams.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 330+ 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 TeschnerShot by Mandy WalkerScored by Benjamin WallfischDesigned by Wynn ThomasCostumes by Renee Ehrlich KalfusStunts by Keith AdamsVFX by Stefan Andersson

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.4× 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

$236.0M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$236.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $169.6M — 72% of worldwide · International: $66.4M (28%)

Opening weekend: $515K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.5M — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 25 theaters

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Also known as

  • Hidden Figures - Unerkannte Heldinnende
  • Talentos Ocultoses
  • Figures de l'ombrefr
  • Les Figures de l'ombrefr
  • Il diritto di contareit
  • (Bulgarian)Скрити числа
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 1, 2016
  • CanadaJan 6, 2017
  • HungaryJan 19, 2017

Companies

ProductionFox 2000 Pictures, Chernin Entertainment, Levantine Films

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