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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A tenacious New York reporter races to expose a shadowy crime syndicate, only to discover that the city’s mysterious savior is a band of mutant turtle warriors battling the deadly Shredder and his Foot Clan.

“Mysterious. Dangerous. Reptilious. You've never seen heroes like this.”

Directed by
Jonathan Liebesman, Eric Glasser
Written by
Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec
Rated
BBFC · 12
Runtime
101 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When a powerful criminal threatens New York City, a team of mutated turtle warriors must step out of the shadows to defend their home.

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A crew of 967+ 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 Joel NegronShot by Lula CarvalhoScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Neil SpisakSound by Erik AadahlCostumes by Sarah EdwardsVFX by Susan Greenhow

Box Office

2014 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× 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

$485.0M

Budget$125.0M
Worldwide gross$485.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $191.2M — 39% of worldwide · International: $293.8M (61%)

Opening weekend: $65.6M — 34% of its US run.

Peak 3,845 theaters

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Also known as

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesde
  • Las Tortugas Ninjaes
  • Les Tortues ninjafr
  • Ninja Turtlesfr
  • Tartarughe Ninjait
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 3, 2014
  • BoliviaAug 7, 2014
  • ChileAug 7, 2014

Production & Distribution

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Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesPlatinum Dunes

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