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Released
1999 · FILM

Muppets from Space

Gonzo sets out to prove he’s an extraterrestrial heir, only to be captured by a covert government agency, forcing Kermit and the Muppets to mount a daring rescue before their friend disappears forever.

“Space. It's not as deep as you think.”

Directed by
Tim Hill
Written by
Jerry Juhl, Joey Mazzarino
Runtime
88 min
AdventureComedyFamily
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When Gonzo receives a message from his breakfast cereal claiming he is the descendant of aliens from another planet, his efforts to communicate with extraterrestrials lead to his kidnapping by a secret government agency. The Muppets then take action to rescue their friend.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Richard PearsonShot by Alan CasoScored by Jamshied SharifiDesigned by Stephen Marsh

Box Office

1999 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× 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

$22.3M

Budget$24.0M
Worldwide gross$22.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $16.6M — 75% of worldwide · International: $5.7M (25%)

Opening weekend: $1.9M — 11% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.9M — 11% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,049 theaters

Also known as

  • Muppets aus dem Allde
  • Les Muppets dans l'espacefr
  • I Muppet venuti dallo spazioit

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