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Let the Right One In(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

Let the Right One In

Bullied Swedish teen Oskar befriends an enigmatic new neighbor, only to be drawn into a deadly pact that forces him to confront violent secrets before his own revenge consumes him.

“Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years, and she just moved in next door.”

Directed by
Tomas Alfredson
Written by
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
115 min
Language
SV
DramaFantasyHorror

Synopsis

Oskar, a sensitive 12-year-old boy who is often bullied, meets his new neighbor, the enigmatic and moody Eli, and the two begin to form a friendship. Though initially reserved, they gradually grow closer, but it soon becomes clear that Eli is not an ordinary young girl.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 42+ 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 Tomas AlfredsonShot by Hoyte Van HoytemaScored by Johan SoderqvistDesigned by Eva Noren

Box Office

2008 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$10.8M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$10.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $75K

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Let The Right One Inde
  • So finster die Nachtde
  • Let the Right One Inen
  • Déjame entrares
  • Morsefr
  • Lasciami entrareit

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