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Lion(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

Lion

A five‑year‑old Indian boy lost on a train in bustling Calcutta must navigate an alien city and survive street dangers while desperately trying to find his way back home before his family gives up hope.

“The search begins”

Directed by
Garth Davis
Written by
Saroo Brierley, Luke Davies
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
118 min
BiographyDrama

Synopsis

A five-year-old Indian boy becomes lost on the streets of Calcutta, far from his home. He endures numerous hardships before being adopted by a couple in Australia. Twenty-five years later, he embarks on a journey to locate his original family.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 49+ 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 Alexandre De FranceschiShot by Greig FraserScored by Jemma BurnsDesigned by Chris Kennedy

Box Office

2016 · 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

$140.3M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$140.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $51.7M — 37% of worldwide · International: $88.6M (63%)

Opening weekend: $123K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $159K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Lion - Der lange Weg nach Hausede
  • Lion - La strada verso casait

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