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Hotel Rwanda(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Hotel Rwanda

A compassionate hotel manager races against a spiraling genocide to shelter refugees within his luxury resort, battling ruthless militias and bureaucratic indifference to keep humanity alive.

“When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.”

Directed by
Terry George
Written by
Keir Pearson, Terry George
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
122 min
BiographyDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Set in Rwanda during the 1990s, this film is based on true events and portrays the genocide in which more than a million Tutsis were killed, largely overlooked by the international community. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel owner, takes in over a thousand refugees in an effort to protect them and save their lives.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 49+ 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 Naomi GeraghtyShot by Robert FraisseScored by Afro Celt Sound SystemDesigned by Johnny Breedt

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$38.0M

Budget$17.5M
Worldwide gross$38.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $23.5M — 62% of worldwide · International: $14.5M (38%)

Opening weekend: $42K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $42K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 7 theaters

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Also known as

  • Hotel Ruandade
  • Ashley Palaciosen
  • hôtel Rwandafr

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