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Released
2008 · FILM

Horton Hears a Who!

When an eccentric elephant named Horton discovers a tiny society of Whos living on a floating dust speck, he vows to protect them from a skeptical jungle, forcing the repressed teenage mayor-in-waiting, JoJo, to confront his fears and fight for his voice.

“Horton hears more than anyone believes.”

Directed by
Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Written by
Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
86 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help emanating from a tiny speck of dust drifting through the air. Believing that life may exist on the speck, Horton resolves to rescue it despite opposition from his surrounding community, which thinks he has lost his mind.

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A crew of 62+ 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 Tim NordquistScored by John Powell

Box Office

2008 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$298.6M

Budget$85.0M
Worldwide gross$298.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $154.5M — 52% of worldwide · International: $144.0M (48%)

Opening weekend: $45.0M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $61.4M — 40% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,954 theaters

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Also known as

  • Horton hört ein Hude
  • Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!en
  • Dr. Seuss' Horton hears a Who!es
  • Ortone e il mondo dei Chiit

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