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Hook(1991)
Released
1991 · FILM

Hook

A work‑obsessed lawyer discovers he’s the legendary Peter Pan and must brave the treacherous realm of Neverland to save his missing children from Captain Hook before they’re lost forever.

“To live would be an awfully big adventure.”

Directed by
Steven Spielberg, Bruce Cohen
Written by
J M Barrie, James V Hart
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
142 min
AdventureComedyFamily

Synopsis

The boy who wasn

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 818+ 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 Michael KahnShot by Dean CundeyScored by John Williams Nm0002354Designed by Norman GarwoodSound by Charles L CampbellCostumes by Anthony Powell Nm0694018Stunts by Gary HymesVFX by Eric Brevig

Box Office

1991 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× 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

$300.9M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$300.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $119.7M — 40% of worldwide · International: $181.2M (60%)

Opening weekend: $3.5M — 3% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.5M — 3% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,197 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Hookde
  • Hook ou la Revanche du capitaine Crochetfr
  • Hook - Capitan Uncinoit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 8, 1991
  • CanadaDec 11, 1991
  • ColombiaDec 25, 1991
  • AustraliaMar 26, 1992

Companies

ProductionTriStar Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Allied Stars Ltd.
DistributionTriStar Pictures, Argus-SV, Columbia TriStar Film Distributors, Columbia TriStar Films
Special effectsCharacter Shop, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Other companiesAmerican Cinema Editors (ACE), American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Creative Casting, Deluxe Entertainment Services

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