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Released
2024 · FILM

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

“Silent night, hold on tight.”

Directed by
Dallas Jenkins
Written by
Barbara Robinson, Ryan Swanson
Runtime
99 min
AdventureComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The Herdman kids are known for their mischievous behavior, often lying, stealing, cheating, and bullying, making them a source of trouble in their small community. However, during the Christmas season, they find themselves in charge of their local church's pageant. Through this unexpected role, they may unintentionally help the town rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 26

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 John QuinnShot by C Kim MilesScored by Dan HaseltineDesigned by Jean Andre Carriere

Box Office

2024 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.0× 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

$40.3M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$40.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $40.0M — 99% of worldwide · International: $213K (1%)

Opening weekend: $10.8M — 27% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $14.6M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,020 theaters

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