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Released
2016 · FILM

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Hector's pursuit of Ricky into the wilderness turns into an unexpected bond as they evade a manhunt, forcing him to confront his past and fight to protect the boy he once ignored.

“Nature just got gangster.”

Directed by
Taika Waititi
Written by
Taika Waititi, Barry Crump
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
101 min
AdventureComedyDrama

Synopsis

Ricky, a defiant young city kid, finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 37

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Tom EaglesShot by Lachlan MilneScored by Lukasz Pawel BudaDesigned by Neville Stevenson

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.6× 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

$23.9M

Budget$2.5M
Worldwide gross$23.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $113K

Peak 5 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Wo die wilden Menschen jagende
  • A la caza de los ñumanoses
  • À la poursuite de Ricky Bakerfr
  • Selvaggi in fugait

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