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The Iron Giant(1999)
Released
1999 · FILM

The Iron Giant

A curious nine‑year‑old discovers a stranded, childlike extraterrestrial robot and must shield its fragile humanity from a paranoid Cold War agency determined to weaponize it.

“It came from outer space!”

Directed by
Brad Bird, Brett Achorn
Written by
Tim Mccanlies, Brad Bird
Rated
BBFC · 12
Runtime
86 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In October 1957, in the small town of Rockwell, Maine, a giant metal machine forms a friendship with a nine-year-old boy and ultimately discovers its humanity by selflessly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 149+ 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 Darren T HolmesShot by Steven WilzbachScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Mark WhitingSound by Andrea Gard

Box Office

1999 · 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

$23.3M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$23.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $23.2M — 99% of worldwide · International: $141K (1%)

Opening weekend: $5.7M — 25% of its US run.

Peak 2,179 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • Signature Edition· 90 min

Also known as

  • Der Gigant aus dem Allde
  • El gigante de hierroes
  • Le Géant de ferfr
  • Il gigante di ferroit
  • (Bulgarian)Железният гигант
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 31, 1999
  • PhilippinesAug 11, 1999
  • IndonesiaNov 2, 1999

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Feature Animation

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