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Released
2011 · FILM

Martha Marcy May Marlene

A traumatized cult escapee fights to reclaim a normal life with her sister’s family, but haunting flashbacks and the relentless threat of her charismatic leader drive her toward a terrifying psychological breakdown.

“You can get away, but you can never escape.”

Directed by
Sean Durkin
Written by
Sean Durkin
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
101 min
DramaMysteryThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Martha, after spending several years with a cult, manages to escape and reaches out to her estranged sister, Lucy, for assistance. She takes refuge in Lucy's quiet home in Connecticut, where Lucy now lives with her new husband, Ted. However, Martha struggles to find peace, haunted by the memories of her time in the cult. As she continues to experience flashbacks, she is overwhelmed by a persistent sense of dread, particularly concerning the cult's manipulative leader.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 67+ 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 Zachary Stuart PontierShot by Jody Lee LipesScored by Danny BensiDesigned by Chad Keith

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$3.5M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$3.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $199K

Peak 4 theaters

Also known as

  • La fuga di Marthait

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