Mama
Twin brother Lucas leads a desperate search for his late sibling’s missing daughters, only to discover the girls have survived years of isolation as feral survivors haunted by a mysterious protector, forcing him to confront the darkness that both saved and threatens them.
“A mother's love is forever.”
Synopsis
Mama is a supernatural thriller presented by Guillermo del Toro. The film follows the story of two young girls who vanished into the woods on the day their parents died. Rescued years later and reintegrated into society, they soon discover that a presence—human or otherwise—still insists on visiting them at night.
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Principal cast & crew: 28
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Michele ConroyShot by Antonio RiestraScored by Fernando VelazquezDesigned by Anastasia Masaro
Box Office
2013 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.8× its budget
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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
$146.4M
US & Canada: $71.6M — 49% of worldwide · International: $74.8M (51%)
Opening weekend: $28.4M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $35.8M — 50% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,647 theaters
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Also known as
- Mamade
- La madreit
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Cast & Crew
28 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jessica Chastain
as Annabel
Nikolaj Coster Waldau
as Lucas Desange
Megan Charpentier
as Victoria Desange
Isabelle Nelisse
as Lilly Desange
Daniel Kash
as Dr. Dreyfuss
Melina Matthews
as Mama (voice)
Javier Botet
as Mama
Morgan Mcgarry
as Young Victoria
Jane Moffat
as Mama (Voice)
David Fox
as Burnsie
Dominic Cuzzocrea
as Ron
Julia Chantrey
as Nina
Supporting cast
5Directors
1Writers
3Producers
2Other crew
7Parents Guide
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