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Released
1995 · FILM

The Indian in the Cupboard

A curious nine‑year‑old discovers that his cupboard can bring toy figures to life, and must protect his newly animated Indian companion from dangerous forces while keeping the secret before it shatters his ordinary world.

“Adventure comes to life.”

Directed by
Frank Oz
Written by
Lynne Reid Banks, Melissa Mathison
Runtime
96 min
DramaFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian figure and a cupboard for his birthday. He becomes embroiled in an adventure when the Indian comes to life and forms a friendship with him.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Ian CraffordShot by Russell CarpenterScored by Randy EdelmanDesigned by Leslie Mcdonald

Box Office

1995 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$35.7M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$35.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $35.7M — 100% of worldwide · International: $44K (0%)

Opening weekend: $7.7M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.5M — 35% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,723 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Indianer im Küchenschrankde
  • La llave mágicaes
  • L'Indien du placardfr
  • La chiave magicait

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