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Released
2014 · FILM

The Monuments Men

A band of unlikely heroes, including museum experts and an architect, joins the Allied forces in WWII to protect and recover Europe's stolen art treasures from the Nazis, racing against time and enemy forces to preserve the soul of Western civilization.

“It was the greatest art heist in history”

Directed by
Carlos Fidel, Barney Hughes
Written by
Robert M Edsel, Bret Witter
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
118 min
BiographyComedyDrama

Synopsis

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, *The Monuments Men* is an action drama focusing on seven older, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of World War II to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, the film explores how these men hoped to succeed.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 841+ 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 Stephen MirrioneShot by Phedon PapamichaelScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Jim BissellSound by Joshua FielstraCostumes by Louise FrogleyStunts by Sandra BargerVFX by Asregadoo Arundi

Box Office

2014 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$155.0M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$155.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $78.0M — 50% of worldwide · International: $77.0M (50%)

Opening weekend: $22.0M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $28.7M — 37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,083 theaters

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Also known as

  • Monuments Men - Ungewöhnliche Heldende
  • Monuments Menen
  • Les Monuments Menfr
  • Monuments Menfr
  • (English)The Monuments Men
  • (Bulgarian)Пазители на наследството
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 4, 2014
  • Dominican RepublicFeb 6, 2014
  • CanadaFeb 7, 2014

Companies

ProductionSmokehouse Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures

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