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Released
1982 · FILM

The Beastmaster

A lone warrior who can command beasts sets out to avenge his father's murder, battling a dark sorcerer whose army threatens the realm.

Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god.

Directed by
Runtime
118 min
ActionAdventureFantasy
Streaming on
  • AMC+

Synopsis

Dar, the son of a king, is pursued by a priest following his birth and raised in a different family. As he reaches adulthood, his adoptive father is killed by savages, and Dar discovers he possesses the ability to communicate with animals. This leads him on a journey of vengeance against those responsible for his father's death.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

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 Roy WattsShot by John AlcottScored by Lee HoldridgeDesigned by Conrad E Angone

Box Office

1982 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$14.1M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$14.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Beastmaster – Der Befreierde
  • Beastmasteren
  • El señor de las bestiases
  • Dar l'invinciblefr
  • Kaan principe guerrieroit

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