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Released
2018 · FILM

The Happytime Murders

Puppet detective Phil Philips must track down a ruthless killer who’s slaying beloved TV‑show puppets before the city’s fragile peace between humans and puppets shatters forever.

“No sesame. All street.”

Directed by
Brian Henson
Written by
Todd Berger, Dee Austin Robertson
Runtime
91 min
ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

In a society where humans live alongside puppets—who are regarded as second-class citizens—members of the cast of a popular 1990s children's television show begin to be killed one by one. Puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective turned private investigator, is asked by his ex-boss to take on the case and help his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Brian Scott OldsShot by Mitchell AmundsenScored by Christopher LennertzDesigned by Chris L Spellman

Box Office

2018 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$27.5M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$27.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $20.7M — 75% of worldwide · International: $6.8M (25%)

Opening weekend: $9.5M — 46% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $12.6M — 61% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,256 theaters

Also known as

  • The Happytime Murdersde
  • Carnage chez les Puppetsfr
  • Pupazzi senza gloriait

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