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Released
2009 · FILM

Mary and Max

Lonely eight‑year‑old Mary Dinkle reaches across continents by penning a letter to a random New York stranger, sparking an unexpected bond that forces both her dysfunctional family and the reclusive Max Horowitz to confront their isolation before distance shatters their fragile connection.

“Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.”

Directed by
Adam Elliot
Written by
Adam Elliot
Rated
MPA · NR
Runtime
92 min
AnimationComedyDrama

Synopsis

The story follows an unlikely correspondence between Mary, an eight‑year‑old girl who lives alone in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a 44‑year‑old man with severe obesity residing in New York.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 36

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.

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 Bill MurphyShot by Gerald ThompsonScored by Dale CorneliusDesigned by Adam Elliot

Box Office

2009 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$1.7M

Budget$8.2M
Worldwide gross$1.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Mary & Max - oder: Schrumpfen Schafe, wenn es regnet?de
  • Mary & Max - Schrumpfen Schafe wenn es regnet?de
  • Mary und Max oder schrumpfen Schafe wenn es regnetde
  • Mary & Maxen
  • Mary et Maxfr

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