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Released
2021 · FILM

The Green Knight

A reckless knight named Gawain accepts the Green Knight's deadly challenge, setting off a journey that will test his honor, courage, and the true cost of chivalry.

When honor was everything.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
130 min
AdventureDramaFantasy
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

*The Green Knight* is an epic fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, following Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew. He embarks on a daring quest to confront the Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger who serves as a tester of men.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 51+ 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 David LoweryShot by Andrew Droz PalermoScored by Daniel HartDesigned by Jade Healy

Box Office

2021 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× 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

$18.9M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$18.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $17.2M 91% of worldwide · International: $1.7M (9%)

Opening weekend: $6.8M 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $9.6M56% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,790 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Green Knightde
  • El Caballero Verdees
  • Sir Gawain e il Cavaliere Verdeit

Companies

ProductionA24

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