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Released
2013 · FILM

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

A New York teenager discovers she has the ability to see supernatural creatures and must join forces with a mysterious Shadowhunter to uncover her hidden heritage and stop a dangerous conspiracy threatening both the human and demon worlds.

“There is a world hidden within our own.”

Directed by
Harald Zwart
Written by
Jessica Postigo, Cassandra Clare
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
130 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • AMC+

Synopsis

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters—half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's fate.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 39

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 Jacqueline CarmodyShot by Geir Hartly AndreassenScored by Atli OrvarssonDesigned by Francois Seguin

Box Office

2013 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$95.4M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$95.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $31.2M — 33% of worldwide · International: $64.2M (67%)

Opening weekend: $4.8M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.8M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,046 theaters

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Also known as

  • Chroniken der Unterweltde
  • Chroniken der Unterwelt - City of Bonesde
  • The Mortal Instruments: Chroniken der Unterweltde
  • Cazadores de sombras: Ciudad de huesoes
  • The Mortal Instruments : La Cité des ténèbresfr
  • Shadowhunters - Città di ossait

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