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Released
2000 · FILM

The Road to El Dorado

Two swindling brothers hijack a conquistador’s expedition to find the fabled City of Gold, only to be captured, enslaved, and forced to outrun ruthless soldiers and treacherous terrain in a desperate race for treasure before their pursuers claim it all.

They came for the gold. They stayed for the adventure.

Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
90 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

After a failed scam, two con artists stow away on a journey to El Dorado, the legendary "city of gold." Upon arrival, they find themselves in over their heads when the locals mistake them for gods.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

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 John CarnochanScored by John PowellDesigned by Vicky Jenson

Box Office

2000 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$76.4M

Budget$95.0M
Worldwide gross$76.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.9M 67% of worldwide · International: $25.5M (33%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Der Weg nach El Doradode
  • La Route d'Eldoradofr
  • La strada per El Doradoit

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