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Released
1996 · FILM

Muppet Treasure Island

Young orphan Jim Hawkins sets out to claim legendary pirate gold, but must outwit mutinous crew members and a charismatic villain before the high seas swallow his dream.

“Set sail for Muppet mayhem!”

Directed by
Brian Henson
Written by
Robert Louis Stevenson, Jerry Juhl
Runtime
100 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Young Jim Hawkins and his two best friends set sail on a voyage across the high seas in pursuit of buried treasure, only to discover that not everyone aboard can be trusted.

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A crew of 81+ 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 Michael JablowShot by John FennerScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Val Strazovec

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$34.3M

Budget$31.0M
Worldwide gross$34.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.3M — 100% of worldwide · International: $375 (0%)

Opening weekend: $7.9M — 23% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.3M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,070 theaters

Also known as

  • Muppets - Die Schatzinselde
  • L'Île au trésor des Muppetsfr
  • I Muppet nell'isola del tesoroit

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