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Released
2016 · FILM

Swiss Army Man

Hank Thompson, stranded on a desolate island, discovers a talking corpse named Manny who becomes both his unlikely companion and key to surviving the treacherous journey to civilization.

“We all need some body to lean on.”

Directed by
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Written by
Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
97 min
ComedyDramaFantasy

Synopsis

Hank is stranded on a small, deserted island and has lost all hope of returning home. His situation changes when a dead body washes up on shore, presenting him with an unexpected opportunity to escape. Using the body as his companion and relying on a variety of unconventional methods, he embarks on a journey to return to the woman he loves.

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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 Matthew HannamShot by Larkin SeipleScored by Andy HullDesigned by Jason Kisvarday

Box Office

2016 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$5.8M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$5.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $154K

Peak 3 theaters

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Also known as

  • Swiss Army Mande

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ProductionA24

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