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La La Land(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

La La Land

A passionate jazz pianist and an ambitious actress clash and connect in a city of dreams and heartbreak, as they navigate love, ambition, and the bittersweet cost of chasing their artistic ideals.

“Here's to the fools who dream.”

Directed by
Damien Chazelle, Paula Case
Written by
Damien Chazelle
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
128 min
ComedyDramaMusic

Synopsis

Mia is an aspiring actress who works as a barista, serving lattes to movie stars while waiting for auditions. Sebastian is a jazz musician who struggles to make ends meet by playing at cocktail parties and gigs in small, run-down bars. As their individual careers begin to take off, the pressures of success strain the already delicate nature of their romantic relationship. The dreams they once supported for each other now become a source of tension, threatening to pull them apart.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 462+ 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 Tom CrossShot by Linus SandgrenScored by Justin HurwitzDesigned by David WascoCostumes by Mary ZophresVFX by Rif Dagher

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× 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

$509.2M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$509.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $151.1M — 30% of worldwide · International: $358.1M (70%)

Opening weekend: $881K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.2M — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 5 theaters

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Also known as

  • La La Landde
  • Ti ti tierraes
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalyAug 31, 2016
  • United StatesSep 2, 2016
  • CanadaSep 12, 2016
  • SwitzerlandSep 25, 2016

Companies

ProductionSummit Entertainment, Black Label Media, TIK Films

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