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Released
2022 · FILM

Matilda: The Musical

A brilliant five‑year‑old discovers she can move objects with her mind and must outwit a tyrannical headmistress and neglectful parents to protect her beloved teacher and claim the future she deserves.

Meet the exception to the rules.

Directed by
Runtime
117 min
ComedyDramaFamily

Synopsis

A young girl with extraordinary abilities discovers her powers and, despite significant challenges, finds the courage to help others change their lives while also shaping her own future. Through her determination to stand up for what is right, she achieves remarkable outcomes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 26

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 Melanie OliverShot by Tat RadcliffeScored by Tim MinchinDesigned by David Hindle

Box Office

2022 · 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

$37.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$37.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Matilda - Das Musicalde
  • Roald Dahls Matilda – Das Musicalde
  • Matilda the Musicalen

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