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Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

Memoirs of a Geisha

A determined young girl forced into Kyoto’s cutthroat geisha world fights to rescue her sister from a brothel and escape the cruel mistress who will stop at nothing to keep her bound.

“A story like mine has never been told.”

Directed by
Rob Marshall, John Deluca
Written by
Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
145 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Before the outbreak of World War II, a destitute Japanese child is separated from her family and taken to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 784+ 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 Pietro ScaliaShot by Dion BeebeScored by John WilliamsDesigned by John MyhreSound by Ann ScibelliCostumes by Colleen AtwoodStunts by Doug ColemanVFX by Robert Stromberg

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$162.2M

Budget$85.0M
Worldwide gross$162.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $57.5M — 35% of worldwide · International: $104.8M (65%)

Opening weekend: $683K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $972K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 8 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Die Geishade
  • (promotional title)Die Geisha
  • Memorias de una geishaes
  • Mémoires d'une geishafr
  • Memorie di una geishait
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • JapanNov 29, 2005
  • United StatesDec 6, 2005
  • CanadaDec 16, 2005

Production & Distribution

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Columbia PicturesDreamWorks PicturesSpyglass Entertainment

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