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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Official Trailer 1 - Will Smith Movie

The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)
Released
2006 · FILM

The Pursuit of Happyness

A desperate San Francisco salesman, down on his luck and separated from his family, fights to rebuild his life by landing a job at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, using his wits, determination, and a chance encounter to climb out of poverty and into the world of high-stakes finance.

“For his son, one man will reach for the impossible.”

Directed by
Gabriele Muccino, Jasmine Marie Alhambra
Written by
Steve Conrad
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
117 min
BiographyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he attempts to balance the demands of work and family life.

Credits

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 593+ 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 Hughes WinborneShot by Phedon PapamichaelScored by Andrea GuerraDesigned by J Michael RivaSound by Dennis DrummondCostumes by Sharen Davis Nm0205446Stunts by Thomas Robinson HarperVFX by Jason Crosby

Box Office

2006 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.6× 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

$307.1M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$307.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $163.6M — 53% of worldwide · International: $143.5M (47%)

Opening weekend: $26.5M — 16% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $38.3M — 23% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,852 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Das Streben nach Glückde
  • The Pursuit of Happinessen
  • En busca de la soretidades
  • A la recherche du bonheurfr
  • La ricerca della felicitàit
  • (Bulgarian)Преследване на щастието
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • CanadaDec 15, 2006
  • CroatiaDec 15, 2006
  • United StatesDec 15, 2006

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Columbia PicturesRelativity MediaOverbrook EntertainmentEscape Artists
Distributors
Sony Pictures ReleasingBuena Vista InternationalFalconITA FilmSony Pictures Filmverleih
Special effectsDigital Dimension Entertainment Group
Other companiesBeau Bonneau Casting, Atari Interactive, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, City and County of San Francisco

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