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Released
2013 · FILM

The Family

A reclusive mafia boss and his family, hiding in a quiet French village under FBI protection, find their fragile new life unraveling as strange occurrences hint at a dangerous past catching up to them.

“Some call it organized crime. Others call it family.”

Directed by
Luc Besson
Written by
Luc Besson, Michael Caleo
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
111 min
ComedyCrimeThriller

Synopsis

Giovanni Manzoni and his family move to a quiet town in France after he informs on his Mafia associates, entering the Witness Protection Program. Despite the efforts of their handler to maintain their new identities and ensure their safety, Giovanni—now known as Fred Blake—along with his wife and children, struggle to abandon their old ways. Their continued reliance on methods learned from the "family" puts them at risk from vengeful mobsters seeking retribution.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 136+ 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 Julien ReyShot by Thierry ArbogastScored by Evgueni GalperineDesigned by Hugues Tissandier

Box Office

2013 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$36.9M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$36.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $14.0M — 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.6M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,091 theaters

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Also known as

  • Malavita - The Familyde
  • The Familyen
  • Una familia peligrosaes
  • Cose nostre - Malavitait

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