Madeline
“In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines...”
Synopsis
A young French girl named Madeline is horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, and she uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
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Principal cast & crew: 25
These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Jeffrey WolfShot by Pierre AimScored by Michel LegrandDesigned by Hugo Luczyc Wyhowski
Box Office
1998 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.5× 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
$30.0M
Opening weekend: $6.4M — 21% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $11.0M — 37% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,863 theaters
Also known as
- Madeline - Il diavoletto della scuolait
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Cast & Crew
25 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Frances Mcdormand
as Miss Clavel
Nigel Hawthorne
as Lord Covington
Hatty Jones
as Madeline
Ben Daniels
as Leopold the Tutor
Arturo Venegas
as Mr. Spanish Ambassador
Stephane Audran
as Lady Covington
Katia Caballero
as Mrs. Spanish Ambassador
Chantal Neuwirth
as Helene the Cook
Kristian De La Osa
as Pepito
Clare Thomas
as Aggie
Directors
1Writers
4Producers
3Other crew
7Parents Guide
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