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The Lighthouse(2019)
Released
2019 · FILM

The Lighthouse

A solitary 19th‑century lighthouse keeper must endure a tyrannical overseer’s brutal demands while battling terrifying hallucinations that threaten his grip on reality, lest the isolated beacon become his own tomb.

“There is enchantment in the light.”

Directed by
Robert Eggers
Written by
Robert Eggers, Max Eggers
Rated
MPA · R
Color
Black & White
Runtime
109 min
DramaFantasyHorror

Synopsis

In the 1890s, two lighthouse keepers struggle to preserve their sanity while living on a remote and enigmatic island off the coast of New England.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

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 Louise FordShot by Jarin BlaschkeScored by Mark KorvenDesigned by Craig Lathrop

Box Office

2019 · 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

$18.3M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$18.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $580K

Peak 8 theaters

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Also known as

  • Der Leuchtturmde

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ProductionA24

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