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Released
2004 · FILM

Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey, a daring scientist, sets out to catalog America’s hidden sexual lives, but as his groundbreaking research ignites moral panic and personal turmoil, he must defend his work against powerful forces determined to silence it.

“Let's talk about sex”

Directed by
Bill Condon
Written by
Bill Condon
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
118 min
BiographyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Kinsey portrays the researcher Alfred Kinsey as he seeks to uncover the private sexual secrets of the American public. Initially a scientific project, his work becomes deeply personal, leading him on an unforeseen exploration into the complexities of human behavior.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Virginia KatzShot by Frederick ElmesScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Richard Sherman

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$17.1M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$17.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $10.3M — 60% of worldwide · International: $6.8M (40%)

Opening weekend: $169K — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $249K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 5 theaters

Also known as

  • Kinsey - Die Wahrheit über Sexde

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