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Released
2014 · FILM

The Guest

A grieving family welcomes a mysterious former soldier into their home, but as he takes it upon himself to protect them from threats both inside and outside their lives, they begin to question if his help comes at too high a price.

“Be careful who you let in.”

Directed by
Mauricio Lopez Fernandez, Adam Wingard
Written by
Simon Barrett, Mauricio Lopez Fernandez
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
101 min
ActionMysteryThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+
  • Shudder

Synopsis

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 58+ 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 Valeria HernandezShot by Diego PoleriScored by Alekos VuskovicDesigned by Hugo Tripodi

Box Office

2014 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$2.7M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$2.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $30K

Peak 19 theaters

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  • The Guestde

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