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Released
2011 · FILM

Larry Crowne

Unemployed and humbled, Larry Crowne enrolls in community college to reinvent himself, but must juggle demanding coursework, a quirky cast of classmates, and an unexpected crush on his charismatic professor before he can graduate to a new future.

“Rediscover life and love.”

Directed by
Tom Hanks, Paula Case
Written by
Tom Hanks, Nia Vardalos
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
98 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

After losing his long-time blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college in an effort to start anew. There, he becomes part of a diverse student community and develops a crush on one of his instructors.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 408+ 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 Alan CodyShot by Philippe RousselotScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Victor KempsterSound by Andrew DecristofaroCostumes by Albert WolskyStunts by Joey BoxVFX by Thomas Clary

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.5× 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

$75.1M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$75.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $35.6M — 47% of worldwide · International: $39.4M (53%)

Opening weekend: $13.1M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $20.3M — 57% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,973 theaters

Also known as

  • Larry Crownede
  • Talk of the Townen
  • Il n'est jamais trop tardfr
  • L'amore all'improvviso - Larry Crowneit

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