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Released
2011 · FILM

Samsara

A visionary filmmaker guides audiences on an immersive, globe‑spanning odyssey that confronts humanity’s fleeting existence against the planet’s timeless wonders and stark contradictions.

Directed by
Ron Fricke
Written by
Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
102 min
DocumentaryMusic

Synopsis

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents and shot on seventy-millimetre film, *Samsara* transports viewers to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Patrick DisantoShot by Ron FrickeScored by Marcello De Francisci

Box Office

2011 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$2.6M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$2.6M
break-even (2.5×)

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