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Released
1990 · FILM

Mr. Destiny

A man given the chance to relive his life with one crucial decision changed discovers that every life has its struggles—and that his original path may have been perfect after all.

“Larry Burrows Wished For It All... Until All That He Wished For Came True!”

Directed by
James Orr
Written by
James Orr, Jim Cruickshank
Runtime
110 min
ComedyFantasyRomance

Synopsis

Larry Burrows is dissatisfied and feels a lack of control over his life. He believes his life might have taken a different course had he not missed a crucial shot in a baseball game during his childhood. One night, he encounters a mysterious man who presents him with the opportunity to experience the alternative life he has always imagined. As Burrows begins this journey of self-discovery, he comes to understand that this new life also comes with its own set of challenges and shortcomings.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Michael R MillerShot by Alex ThomsonScored by David NewmanDesigned by Michael Seymour

Box Office

1990 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$15.4M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$15.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.0M — 19% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $3.8M — 25% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 727 theaters

Also known as

  • Mr. Destiny - Voll danebende
  • Monsieur Destinéefr

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