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The Impossible(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

The Impossible

A mother and her teenage son must navigate the devastation of a massive tsunami in Thailand to rescue strangers and reunite their shattered family before the relentless floodwaters claim them all.

“Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.”

Directed by
J A Bayona, Pablo Aguirre
Written by
Sergio G Sanchez, Maria Belon
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
114 min
DramaHistoryThriller

Synopsis

In December 2004, the close-knit family of Maria, Henry, and their three sons travel to Thailand for a winter vacation. However, the day after Christmas, their peaceful holiday is shattered when a deafening roar rises from the sea, followed by a massive wave of black water that engulfs everything in its path. As Maria and her family confront their darkest hour, acts of unexpected kindness and courage help to ease their terror.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 272+ 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 Elena RuizShot by Oscar FauraScored by Fernando VelazquezDesigned by Eugenio CaballeroSound by Jorge AdradosCostumes by Anna BingemannStunts by Guiomar AlonsoVFX by Felix Berges

Box Office

2012 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.4× 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

$198.1M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$198.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.0M — 10% of worldwide · International: $179.1M (90%)

Opening weekend: $144K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $300K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 15 theaters

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Also known as

  • The Impossiblede
  • The Impossible - Überleben ist allesde
  • The Impossible – Nichts ist stärker als der Wille, zu überlebende
  • The Impossibleen
  • (Bulgarian)Невъзможното
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 9, 2012
  • IndonesiaSep 9, 2012
  • SpainSep 27, 2012
  • SwitzerlandSep 30, 2012

Companies

ProductionMediaset España, Summit Entertainment, Apaches Entertainment

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