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Released
1989 · FILM

The Phantom of the Opera

ROBERT ENGLUND Was "Freddy." Now he's the... Phantom OF THE OPERA!

Directed by
Runtime
93 min
DramaHorrorMusic

Synopsis

A young opera singer with ambitions of success discovers she has been mysteriously transported to Victorian-era London, where she encounters a reclusive and disfigured maestro who is determined to train her and help her achieve stardom.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Charles BornsteinShot by Peter Lyons CollisterScored by Misha Segal

Box Office

1989 · Box office

Grossed $4.0M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$4.0M

Worldwide gross$4.0M

US & Canada: $4.0M 99% of worldwide · International: $46K (1%)

Opening weekend: $2.0M 52% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.5M62% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,468 theaters

Also known as

  • Das Phantom der Operde
  • El fantasma de la óperaes
  • Le Fantôme de l'Opérafr
  • Il fantasma dell'operait

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