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Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)
Released
1993 · FILM

Mrs. Doubtfire

A struggling voice actor must secure steady work and a home within three months to win shared custody of his three children, battling his ex‑wife’s legal ultimatum and his own self‑doubt.

“She makes dinner. She does windows. She reads bedtime stories. She's a blessing... in disguise.”

Directed by
Chris Columbus
Written by
Anne Fine, Randi Mayem Singer
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
125 min
ComedyDramaFamily

Synopsis

Daniel Hillard, a loving but irresponsible father who is estranged from his exasperated wife, is frustrated by a court order limiting his visitation with his children to once a week. When he learns that his ex is in need of a housekeeper, he takes the job in disguise as a British nanny. Over time, he becomes not only his children's best friend but also the kind of parent he should have been from the beginning.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 59+ 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 Raja GosnellShot by Donald McalpineScored by Howard ShoreDesigned by Angelo P Graham

Box Office

1993 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 18× 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

$441.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$441.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Mrs. Doubtfire – Das stachelige Hausmädchende
  • Mrs. Doubtfire – Das stachelige Kindermädchende
  • Madame Doubtfirefr
  • Mrs. Doubtfire - Mammo per sempreit

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