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The Peanut Butter Falcon(2019)
Released
2019 · FILM

The Peanut Butter Falcon

A determined young man with Down syndrome flees a state care facility to chase his dream of becoming a pro wrestler, teaming up with an outcast ex‑fisherman on a cross‑state road trip that forces them both to confront relentless pursuers and their own limits.

Directed by
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Written by
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
97 min
AdventureComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A struggling crab fisherman sets out on a journey to take a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina, seeking to move him away from the retirement home where he has lived for the past two and a half years.

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A crew of 361+ 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 Nat FullerShot by Nigel BluckScored by Zachary DawesDesigned by Gabrael WilsonSound by Matias CaldarellaCostumes by Melissa WalkerStunts by Michael R LongVFX by Simon Assekritov

Box Office

2019 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.8× 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

$23.7M

Budget$6.2M
Worldwide gross$23.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $20.5M — 86% of worldwide · International: $3.3M (14%)

Opening weekend: $205K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $296K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 17 theaters

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Also known as

  • Le Cri du fauconfr
  • In viaggio verso un sognoit
  • In viaggio verso un sogno - The Peanut Butter Falconit
  • (Bulgarian)Фъстъченият сокол
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 9, 2019
  • AustraliaAug 6, 2019

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