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Released
2007 · FILM

The Orphanage

Adopted orphan Laura returns to reopen her childhood home as a sanctuary for disabled children, only to discover that her son’s mysterious “friend” is tied to a chilling secret that forces her to confront the dark truth before it shatters their future.

“A tale of love. A story of horror.”

Directed by
J A Bayona, Menna Fite
Written by
Sergio G Sanchez, Leo Flores
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
105 min
Language
ES
DramaHorrorMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A woman returns with her family to her childhood home, a former orphanage, with the goal of reopening it. Soon after, her son begins interacting with an invisible friend.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 176+ 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 Elena RuizShot by Oscar FauraScored by Fernando VelazquezCostumes by Maria ReyesStunts by Antonio Higueruelo

Box Office

2007 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 23× 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

$78.6M

Budget$3.4M
Worldwide gross$78.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $7.2M — 9% of worldwide · International: $71.5M (91%)

Opening weekend: $233K — 3% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $417K — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 19 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Das Waisenhausde
  • The Orphanageen
  • L'Orphelinatfr
  • (English)The Orphanage
  • (Bulgarian)Сиропиталището
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • FranceMay 20, 2007
  • United KingdomAug 27, 2007
  • CanadaSep 7, 2007
  • United StatesSep 26, 2007
  • FinlandSep 29, 2007

Companies

ProductionMEDIA Programme of the European Union, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC)

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