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Released
1989 · FILM

Parenthood

Four Buckman siblings each champion a different parenting style as they scramble to nurture their children, forcing them to confront love‑filled chaos and the risk of tearing their family apart.

“It could happen to you.”

Directed by
Ron Howard
Written by
Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
124 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Four Buckman siblings raise their children in distinct ways, navigating the challenges and emotional experiences that come with parenting.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 166+ 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 Daniel P HanleyShot by Donald McalpineScored by Randy NewmanDesigned by Todd Hallowell

Box Office

1989 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.3× 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

$126.3M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$126.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $100.0M — 79% of worldwide · International: $26.3M (21%)

Opening weekend: $3.5M — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.5M — 4% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,227 theaters

Also known as

  • Eine Wahnsinnsfamiliede
  • Portrait craché d'une famille modèlefr
  • Parenti, amici e tanti guaiit

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ProductionImagine Entertainment

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