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Released
1998 · FILM

The Avengers

British secret agent John Steed must thwart mad scientist Sir August de Wynter’s plan to weaponize the weather and dominate the globe, racing against time while navigating a dangerous partnership—and unexpected attraction—to the brilliant Dr. Emma Peel.

She's Peel. He's Steed. Their world is a dangerous place. And they love it.

Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
89 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

British Ministry agent John Steed, following orders from "Mother," investigates a sinister scheme by the arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to take control of the world using a weather manipulation device. Steed suspects the only viable lead, the attractive Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, but as he investigates her, he also develops feelings for her and ultimately teams up with her to stop Sir August.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

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 Mick AudsleyShot by Roger PrattScored by Joel McneelyDesigned by Stuart Craig

Box Office

1998 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$48.6M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$48.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $23.4M 48% of worldwide · International: $25.2M (52%)

Opening weekend: $10.3M 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $14.2M61% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,466 theaters

Also known as

  • Mit Schirm, Charme und Melonede
  • Los vengadoreses
  • Chapeau melon et bottes de cuirfr

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