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Released
2018 · FILM

I Can Only Imagine

A troubled young musician battles his abusive past to reconnect with his dying father, discovering forgiveness that fuels the creation of an anthem that could change his life forever.

“The song you know. The story you don't.”

Directed by
Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Written by
Bart Millard, Jon Erwin
Runtime
110 min
BiographyDramaFamily

Synopsis

Bart Millard grew up in Greenville, Texas, where he endured physical and emotional abuse from his father, Arthur. As Arthur became terminally ill, he found redemption through faith and rekindled his relationship with his son. Years later, Bart drew inspiration from his difficult childhood and restored bond with his father to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine," which he performed as the lead singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Andrew ErwinShot by Kristopher KimlinScored by Brent MccorkleDesigned by Joseph T Garrity

Box Office

2018 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 12× 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

$86.1M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$86.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $83.5M — 97% of worldwide · International: $2.6M (3%)

Opening weekend: $17.1M — 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $24.5M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,629 theaters

Also known as

  • I Can Only Imagine: Der Song meines Lebensde
  • La Voix du pardonfr
  • Una canzone per mio padreit

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