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25th Anniversary Trailer

Shrek(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

Shrek

Shrek, a grumpy ogre who values his swampy solitude, must team up with a chatty Donkey to confront the tyrannical Lord Farquaad and stop him from exiling fairy tale creatures—while navigating a quest that unexpectedly involves a cursed princess and a kingdom's twisted quest for perfection.

“The greatest fairy tale never told.”

Directed by
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Written by
William Steig, Ted Elliott
Rated
FSK · FSK 0
Runtime
90 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

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Credits

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 154+ 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 Sim Evan JonesScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by James HegedusSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Isis Mussenden

Box Office

2001 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.1× 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

$489.0M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$489.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $268.2M — 55% of worldwide · International: $220.8M (45%)

Re-release box office

20261,370 theaters
$3.0M($3.0M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Shrek - Der tollkühne Heldde
  • Shrek – Der tollkühne Heldde
  • דלבה הגייen
  • (Bulgarian)Шрек
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesApr 22, 2001
  • FranceMay 12, 2001
  • CanadaMay 18, 2001

Companies

ProductionDreamWorks Pictures, PDI DreamWorks

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