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Sleepy Hollow(1999)
Released
1999 · FILM

Sleepy Hollow

A skeptical New York constable sent to Sleepy Hollow must track down a legendary headless killer before the town’s superstitions turn deadly, all while battling his own disbelief and a forbidden romance.

“Heads will roll.”

Directed by
Tim Burton, Ben Howarth
Written by
Washington Irving, Kevin Yagher
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
105 min
FantasyHorrorMystery

Synopsis

Ichabod Crane, a young detective with a skeptical mindset, is transferred to the small town of Sleepy Hollow, New York. He is assigned to investigate the brutal decapitations of three individuals, crimes that the local residents believe are the work of a legendary ghost known as The Headless Horseman.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 263+ 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 Chris LebenzonShot by Emmanuel LubezkiScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by Rick HeinrichsSound by Gary AlperCostumes by Colleen AtwoodStunts by Nick Gillard

Box Office

1999 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$206.1M

Budget$100.0M
Worldwide gross$206.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $101.1M — 49% of worldwide · International: $105.0M (51%)

Opening weekend: $30.1M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $43.2M — 43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,064 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Sleepy Hollowde
  • Sleepy Hollow - Köpfe werden rollende
  • Guarras en tangaen
  • Sleepy Hollow, la légende du cavalier sans têtefr
  • Il mistero di Sleepy Hollowit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 17, 1999
  • CanadaNov 19, 1999
  • AustraliaJan 1, 2000
  • New ZealandJan 1, 2000

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions

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