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Hulk(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

Hulk

A brilliant but rogue geneticist’s self‑experiment spawns a son with uncontrollable power, forcing the boy to confront his fractured past and a vengeful military commander before his inherited mutation destroys everything he loves.

“What if everything you were forced to keep inside was suddenly set free?”

Directed by
Ang Lee, Deanna Stadler
Written by
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
138 min
ActionSci-Fi

Synopsis

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory, which causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he becomes angry.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 850+ 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 SquyresShot by Frederick ElmesScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by Rick HeinrichsSound by Andre DiasCostumes by Marit AllenStunts by Charles CroughwellVFX by Lindsay Hallett

Box Office

2003 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$245.4M

Budget$137.0M
Worldwide gross$245.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $132.2M — 54% of worldwide · International: $113.2M (46%)

Opening weekend: $62.1M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $81.7M — 62% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,660 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Hulkde
  • The Hulken
  • (English)Hulk
  • (Bulgarian)Хълк
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 17, 2003
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaJun 19, 2003
  • PhilippinesJun 19, 2003
  • RussiaJun 19, 2003

Companies

ProductionUniversal Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Good Machine
DistributionUniversal Pictures, Buena Vista International Finland, Paramount Films of India, United International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsIndustrial Light & Magic (ILM), KNB EFX Group, yU+Co., Gentle Giant Studios, Graphic Nature
Other companiesArmytrucks, Beau Bonneau Casting, C5, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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