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Released
2003 · FILM

The Animatrix

A daring hovercraft crew races against a relentless Sentinel armada to deliver a vital message that could save Zion from annihilation.

“Free your mind.”

Directed by
Peter Chung, Andrew R Jones
Written by
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Color
Black & White
Runtime
102 min
AnimationActionSci-Fi

Synopsis

The crew of the hovercraft *Osiris* is tasked with delivering a message to Zion, one of vital importance. While the mission itself is straightforward, the journey is complicated by the presence of a Sentinel armada blocking their path to Zion.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 104+ 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 Christopher S CappScored by Don Davis

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 14× 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

$68.0M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$68.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • (Alternative Title)Animatrix: A História Antes de Matrix
  • (Bulgarian)Аниматрицата
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • ArgentinaApr 17, 2003
  • FinlandApr 17, 2003
  • PeruApr 17, 2003
  • NorwayApr 25, 2003
  • AustraliaMay 9, 2003

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