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The Prestige(2006)
Released
2006 · FILM

The Prestige

A brilliant but bitter rivalry between two magicians in 1890s London spirals into obsession and murder as they stop at nothing to outwit each other and claim the title of the greatest illusionist in the world.

“Are You Watching Closely?”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan, Alan B Curtiss
Written by
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
130 min
DramaMysterySci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

The narrative follows two magicians whose intense rivalry evolves into a lifelong struggle for supremacy, marked by obsession, deception and jealousy that lead to hazardous and lethal outcomes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 251+ 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 Lee SmithShot by Wally PfisterScored by David JulyanDesigned by Nathan CrowleySound by Lora Hirschberg Nm0386567Costumes by Joan BerginStunts by Rick AveryVFX by Pierre Buffin

Box Office

2006 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$109.7M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$109.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $53.1M — 48% of worldwide · International: $56.6M (52%)

Opening weekend: $14.8M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $19.2M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,281 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Prestigede
  • Prestige - Die Meister der Magiede
  • Le Prestigefr
  • (Bulgarian)Престиж
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • ItalyOct 17, 2006
  • United StatesOct 17, 2006
  • SingaporeOct 19, 2006
  • CanadaOct 20, 2006
  • IndiaOct 20, 2006

Companies

ProductionTouchstone Pictures, Warner Bros., Newmarket Films

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