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Released
1980 · FILM

The Blue Lagoon

Two shipwrecked children must learn to survive and forge a life together on an untouched tropical island while yearning for rescue and confronting the wild's unforgiving challenges.

“A story of natural love.”

Directed by
Randal Kleiser, Peter Bogart
Written by
Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Douglas Day Stewart
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
104 min
AdventureDramaRomance

Synopsis

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 83+ 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 Robert GordonShot by Nestor AlmendrosScored by Basil PoledourisSound by Wayne Artman Nm0037923Stunts by Kathy Troutt

Box Office

1980 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 13× 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

$58.9M

Budget$4.5M
Worldwide gross$58.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Die blaue Lagunede
  • Le Lagon bleufr
  • Laguna bluit
  • (English)The Blue Lagoon
  • (Bulgarian)Синята лагуна
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 19, 1980
  • PhilippinesJul 2, 1980
  • JapanAug 16, 1980

Production & Distribution

Production
Columbia Pictures
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Special effectsEFX Unlimited
Other companiesThe Film Consortium, Cinema Audio Society (CAS), Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Eye of the Wind, Pacific Golden Plover

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