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Released
2017 · FILM

The Florida Project

A six-year-old girl and her mischievous friends navigate the summer chaos of a budget motel near Disney World, while her struggling single mother fights to survive in a system that offers little support.

“Find your kingdom.”

Directed by
Sean Baker, Sean Baker Nm0048918
Written by
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
111 min
Drama

Synopsis

A precocious six-year-old girl and her diverse group of friends experience a summer filled with childhood wonder, possibility, and adventure, while the adults in their lives contend with difficult times.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 209+ 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 Sean BakerShot by Alexis ZabeScored by Lorne BalfeDesigned by StephonikSound by Coll AndersonCostumes by Fernando RodriguezStunts by Eric MirandaVFX by David Danesi

Box Office

2017 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.7× 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

$11.3M

Budget$2.0M
Worldwide gross$11.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $223K

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Florida Projecten
  • Un sogno chiamato Floridait
  • (Bulgarian)Проектът Флорида
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceMay 22, 2017
  • CanadaSep 8, 2017
  • GreeceSep 25, 2017
  • SpainSep 28, 2017

Companies

ProductionA24, Cre Film, Freestyle Picture Company, June Pictures

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