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Released
2004 · FILM

Shark Tale

A penniless cleaner wrasse dreams of fame and riches, but when he bets his boss’s money on a rigged seahorse race to settle his debts, he must outwit ruthless rivals and his own temptations or lose everything.

“Behind every little fish is a great white lie.”

Directed by
Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson
Written by
Michael J Wilson, Rob Letterman
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
90 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often lead him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: he

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A crew of 168+ 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 Nick FletcherShot by Motohisa AdachiScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Daniel St PierreSound by Richard L Anderson

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× 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

$367.3M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$367.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $160.9M — 44% of worldwide · International: $206.4M (56%)

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Also known as

  • Große Haie – Kleine Fischede
  • Gang de requinsfr
  • (French)Gang de requins
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • ItalySep 10, 2004
  • CanadaSep 12, 2004
  • AustraliaSep 20, 2004
  • New ZealandSep 20, 2004
  • IsraelSep 29, 2004

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ProductionDreamWorks Animation

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