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Soul(2020)
Released
2020 · FILM

Soul

A struggling jazz pianist who finally lands his dream gig must navigate the surreal realm of the Great Before and outwit celestial counselors to return to Earth before his chance at greatness slips away forever.

“Everybody has a soul. Joe Gardner is about to find his.”

Directed by
Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
Written by
Pete Docter, Mike Jones
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
100 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher who is passionate about jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he experiences an accident that causes his soul to separate from his body, transporting him to the You Seminar, a facility where souls develop and acquire passions before being sent to a newborn child. To return to Earth, Joe seeks assistance from other souls in training, including 22, a soul who has spent countless years in the You Seminar.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 32

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 Kevin NoltingShot by Matt AspburyScored by Trent ReznorDesigned by Steve Pilcher

Box Office

2020 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$122.0M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$122.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $946K — 1% of worldwide · International: $121.0M (99%)

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Also known as

  • Almaes

Companies

ProductionWalt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

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