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Released
1994 · FILM

Little Women

Ambitious writer Jo March strives to forge her own literary career while battling family obligations and restrictive 19th‑century gender norms.

“The story that has lived in our hearts for generations, now comes to the screen for the holidays.”

Directed by
Gillian Armstrong, Jim Brebner
Written by
Louisa May Alcott, Robin Swicord
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
115 min
DramaFamilyRomance
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Four sisters navigate the challenges of growing up in America in the years following the Civil War.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 250+ 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 Nicholas BeaumanShot by Geoffrey SimpsonScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by Jan RoelfsSound by Eric BatutCostumes by Colleen Atwood

Box Office

1994 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.3× 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

$95.0M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$95.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.1M — 53% of worldwide · International: $44.9M (47%)

Opening weekend: $119K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $119K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 21 theaters

Also known as

  • Betty und ihre Schwesternde
  • Mujercitases
  • Les Filles du docteur Marchfr
  • Les Quatre Filles du docteur Marchfr
  • Piccole donneit

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