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Released
2015 · FILM

The Good Dinosaur

When a timid Apatosaurus boy sets a feral caveboy free, he must prove his courage to his family and face the dangers of a world where dinosaurs and humans coexist.

“A single act of kindness can change everything.”

Directed by
Peter Sohn, Cynthia Slavens
Written by
Meg Lefauve, Peter Sohn
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
93 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

The story follows an epic journey set in the world of dinosaurs, focusing on an Apatosaurus named Arlo who forms an unlikely friendship with a human.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 824+ 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 Stephen SchafferShot by Mahyar AbousaeediScored by Jeff DannaDesigned by Harley JessupSound by Craig Berkey Nm0075389

Box Office

2015 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$332.2M

Budget$175.0M
Worldwide gross$332.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $123.1M — 37% of worldwide · International: $209.1M (63%)

Opening weekend: $16.3M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $16.3M — 13% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,749 theaters

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Also known as

  • Arlo & Spotde
  • Le Voyage d'Arlofr
  • Il viaggio di Arloit

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