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The Big Lebowski(1998)
Released
1998 · FILM

The Big Lebowski

A slacker in 1990s Los Angeles is thrust into a bizarre conspiracy of mistaken identity, kidnapping, and nihilism when two hitmen destroy his prized rug and set him on a wild quest to find the real "Jeffrey Lebowski.

“Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.”

Directed by
Joel Coen
Written by
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
117 min
ComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is a laid-back Los Angeles resident who prefers to spend his time bowling and drinking White Russians. He is mistakenly believed to be another man with the same name, a wealthy millionaire who uses a wheelchair. This confusion leads The Dude into a bizarre chain of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, a missing toe, and a significant amount of money.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 51+ 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 Ethan CoenShot by Roger DeakinsScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Rick Heinrichs

Box Office

1998 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$47.0M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$47.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $18.7M — 40% of worldwide · International: $28.3M (60%)

Opening weekend: $5.5M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.2M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,207 theaters

Re-release box office

2025
$188K($193K today)
2024
$188K($198K today)
2018658 theaters
$913K($1.2M today)
Total re-release
$1.3M

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Big Lebowskide
  • El gran Lebowskyes
  • Il grande Lebowskiit

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