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Released
1979 · FILM

Prophecy

“She lives. Don't move. Don't breathe. There's nowhere to run. She will find you.”

Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Written by
David Seltzer
Runtime
102 min
HorrorSci-FiThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When a conflict arises between a logging company and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are dispatched to act as mediators. Chief John Hawks accuses the loggers of contaminating the water supply, and although company representative Isley disputes the claim, the Vernes observe unusual mutations in local wildlife. Robert captures a bear cub for analysis, but soon becomes the target of a vengeful mutant grizzly.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Tom RolfShot by Harry Stradling JrScored by Leonard RosenmanDesigned by William Craig Smith

Box Office

1979 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.5× 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

$54.0M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$54.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $18.4M — 34% of worldwide · International: $35.6M (66%)

Also known as

  • Die Prophezeiungde
  • Prophezeiungde
  • Profecía malditaes
  • Profeziait

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