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Released
2015 · FILM

Shaun the Sheep Movie

A mischievous sheep leads his flock on a wild trek through the Big City to rescue their amnesiac farmer, all while outrunning an obsessive animal‑control officer who threatens to capture them.

“Catch them if ewe can!”

Directed by
Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Written by
Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
85 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix-up with the farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Sim Evan JonesShot by Dave Alex RiddettScored by Ilan EshkeriDesigned by Matt Perry

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× 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

$106.2M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$106.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.4M — 18% of worldwide · International: $86.8M (82%)

Opening weekend: $1.6M — 8% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.6M — 8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,202 theaters

Also known as

  • Shaun das Schafde
  • Shaun das Schaf - Der Filmde
  • Shaun the Sheep - The Movieen
  • Shaun the Sheep Movieen
  • Shaun le moutonfr
  • Shaun le mouton - le filmfr
  • Shaun, vita da pecora - Il filmit

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