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Released
2015 · FILM

Pixels

Electronics installer and ex‑arcade champion Sam Brenner must decode an extraterrestrial assault that mimics classic video‑game patterns before the alien force destroys Earth’s defenses.

“Play for the planet.”

Directed by
Chris Columbus, Taylor Bateman
Written by
Tim Herlihy, Timothy Dowling
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
105 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who have come to life and are causing chaos in the real world.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 397+ 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 Peck PriorShot by Amir MokriScored by Henry JackmanDesigned by Peter WenhamSound by Steve BoeddekerCostumes by Christine Wada

Box Office

2015 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$244.9M

Budget$88.0M
Worldwide gross$244.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $78.7M — 32% of worldwide · International: $166.1M (68%)

Opening weekend: $24.0M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $35.2M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,723 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Pixelsde
  • Pixeleses
  • (English)Pixels
  • (Bulgarian)Пиксели
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • BrazilApr 17, 2015
  • South KoreaJul 16, 2015
  • FranceJul 22, 2015
  • United Arab EmiratesJul 23, 2015

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)

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