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Released
1993 · FILM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

Four mutant ninja turtles are thrust into feudal Japan, where they must master ancient samurai skills and rally a besieged village against a tyrannical warlord before the mystical portal that brought them home closes forever.

“The Turtles are back... in time.”

Directed by
Stuart Gillard
Written by
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
95 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

The four turtles journey back in time to the era of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to master the art of becoming one. During their time there, they also help a small village in an uprising.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 William D GordeanShot by David GurfinkelScored by John Du PrezDesigned by Roy Forge Smith

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$42.3M

Budget$21.0M
Worldwide gross$42.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $12.4M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $15.4M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,087 theaters

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Also known as

  • Turtles IIIde
  • Las tortugas ninja IIIes
  • Les Tortues Ninja 3fr
  • Tartarughe Ninja IIIit

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