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Released
1981 · FILM

The Great Muppet Caper

Newspaper reporters Kermit and Fozzie travel to glamorous London to expose a daring diamond theft, only to find themselves tangled in a high‑stakes chase with flamboyant jewel thieves while romance sparks between Kermit and Miss Piggy.

“The Muppets... Scotland Yard... jewel thieves... lead to high adventure in London.”

Directed by
Jim Henson
Written by
Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses
Runtime
97 min
AdventureComedyCrime

Synopsis

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy.

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A crew of 139+ 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 Ralph KemplenShot by Oswald MorrisScored by Joe RaposoDesigned by Harry Lange

Box Office

1981 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$31.2M

Budget$14.0M
Worldwide gross$31.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Der große Muppet Krimide
  • Die große Muppet Partyde
  • Die große Muppet-Sausede
  • El Gran Golpe de los Teleñecoses
  • La Grande Aventure des Muppetsfr
  • Giallo in casa Muppetit

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