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Prisoners(2013)
Released
2013 · FILM

Prisoners

When a detective uncovers inconsistencies in a suspect with a low IQ, a desperate father must choose between trusting the law or taking matters into his own hands to find his missing daughter.

“Every moment matters.”

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve, Karen Davis
Written by
Aaron Guzikowski
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
153 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

Keller Dover is confronted with every parent's worst fear when his six-year-old daughter, Anna, and her young friend, Joy, go missing. As time passes without any sign of them, panic grows. The only clue is a run-down RV that had previously been parked on their street.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 289+ 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 Joel CoxShot by Roger DeakinsScored by Johann JohannssonDesigned by Patrice VermetteSound by Mary H EllisCostumes by Renee AprilVFX by Vincent Cirelli

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$122.1M

Budget$46.0M
Worldwide gross$122.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $61.0M — 50% of worldwide · International: $61.1M (50%)

Opening weekend: $20.8M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $27.7M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,260 theaters

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Also known as

  • Prisonersde
  • (Bulgarian)Затворници
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 30, 2013
  • CanadaSep 6, 2013
  • SerbiaSep 18, 2013
  • United Arab EmiratesSep 19, 2013

Companies

ProductionAlcon Entertainment, 8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment

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