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Released
2020 · FILM

The Rental

A couple's oceanside getaway with their friends turns into a nightmare when they begin to suspect the mysterious owner of their rental is watching them through hidden cameras, forcing them to confront the terrifying truth before it's too late.

Secluded getaway. Killer views.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
88 min
DramaHorrorMystery

Synopsis

Two couples visiting a seaside rental house for a weekend getaway begin to suspect that the property's host may be watching them. As their vacation takes a dark turn, the trip that was meant to be a celebration becomes increasingly unsettling.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Kyle ReiterShot by Christian SprengerScored by FlumeDesigned by Meredith Lippincott

Box Office

2020 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$4.3M

Budget$3.5M
Worldwide gross$4.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $599K

Peak 250 theaters

Also known as

  • The Rental - Tod im Strandhausde

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