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Mulholland Drive(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

Mulholland Drive

An amnesiac woman fleeing a deadly conspiracy teams up with an aspiring actress to unravel her hidden identity before the killers close in.

“An actress longing to be a star. A woman searching for herself. Both worlds will collide... on Mulholland Drive.”

Directed by
David Lynch, David Lynch Nm0000186
Written by
David Lynch, David Lynch Nm0000186
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
147 min
DramaMysteryThriller

Synopsis

When Blonde Betty Elms arrives in Hollywood with dreams of becoming a movie star, she meets a mysterious brunette suffering from amnesia. As the two women embark on a journey to uncover the brunette's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher faces unsettling challenges while casting his latest project.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 358+ 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 Mary SweeneyShot by Peter DemingScored by Angelo BadalamentiDesigned by Jack FiskSound by Ronald EngCostumes by Amy StofskyStunts by Charles CroughwellVFX by Scott Billups

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$20.3M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$20.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $7.2M — 36% of worldwide · International: $13.1M (64%)

Opening weekend: $76K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $76K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 5 theaters

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Also known as

  • (Serbian)Bulevar zvezda
  • Mulholland Drive - Straße der Finsternisde
  • Mulholland Drive – Straße der Finsternisde
  • Mulholland Dr.en
  • (Croatian)Mulholland Drive
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 16, 2001
  • CanadaSep 8, 2001
  • PhilippinesSep 12, 2001
  • United StatesOct 6, 2001

Companies

ProductionLes Films Alain Sarde, Asymmetrical Productions, Babbo Inc.

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