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Released
2000 · FILM

The Kid

A work‑obsessed image consultant is forced to confront his own neglected dreams when a magical encounter brings his eight‑year‑old self into the present, and he must reconcile who he wanted to be before time runs out on his chance at happiness.

Nobody ever grows up quite like they imagined.

Directed by
Written by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
104 min
ComedyFamilyFantasy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Russ Duritz is a powerful businessman who is consumed by his work and self-centered. Through the magic of the moon, he encounters Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who is shocked at how things have turned out—without a fulfilling life or a pet. With Rusty's assistance, Russ begins to reconcile the person he once dreamed of becoming with the man he has actually become.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Peter HonessShot by Peter Menzies JrScored by Marc ShaimanDesigned by Garreth Stover

Box Office

2000 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$110.3M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$110.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $69.7M 63% of worldwide · International: $40.6M (37%)

Opening weekend: $12.7M 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $19.5M28% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,167 theaters

Also known as

  • Disneys The Kidde
  • The Kid - Image ist allesde
  • Disneys The Kiden
  • Sale Mômefr
  • Faccia a facciait

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