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Released
1997 · FILM

Spawn

A murdered government operative returns from Hell as a super‑powered antihero, determined to reunite with his beloved wife while battling the demonic army that demands he unleash apocalypse on mankind.

“Born in darkness. Sworn to justice.”

Directed by
Mark A Z Dippe
Written by
Todd Mcfarlane, Alan B Mcelroy
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
96 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected so he can see his beloved wife, Wanda. In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Todd BuschShot by Guillermo NavarroScored by Graeme RevellDesigned by Philip Harrison

Box Office

1997 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$87.8M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$87.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $54.9M — 62% of worldwide · International: $33.0M (38%)

Opening weekend: $19.7M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $27.3M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,536 theaters

Also known as

  • Spawnde

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