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Mother!(2017)
Released
2017 · FILM

Mother!

An acclaimed poet desperate to break his writer’s block transforms a ruined mansion into an Edenic sanctuary with a mysterious crystal, but when a dying fan and his wife shatter the artifact, he must battle his own creation’s collapse to save his muse and his sanity.

“Seeing is believing.”

Directed by
Darren Aronofsky, Ariane Collman
Written by
Darren Aronofsky
Rated
BBFC · 18
Runtime
121 min
DramaHorrorMystery

Synopsis

A couple's peaceful life is disrupted when unexpected guests arrive at their home, putting their relationship to the test.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 298+ 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 Andrew WeisblumShot by Matthew LibatiqueDesigned by Philip MessinaSound by Coll AndersonCostumes by Danny Glicker

Box Office

2017 · 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

$44.5M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$44.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $17.8M — 40% of worldwide · International: $26.7M (60%)

Opening weekend: $7.5M — 42% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $10.2M — 57% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,368 theaters

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Also known as

  • Mother!en
  • Madre!it
  • (Bosnian)Majka!
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 5, 2017
  • United KingdomSep 6, 2017
  • FranceSep 7, 2017
  • CanadaSep 10, 2017

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Protozoa Pictures

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