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The Shape of Water(2017)
Released
2017 · FILM

The Shape of Water

A mute janitor in a secret Cold War laboratory forms a secret bond with a captured amphibian creature, racing to save it from lethal experimentation by a ruthless military colonel.

“A fairy tale for troubled times.”

Directed by
Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Caporale
Written by
Guillermo Del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
123 min
DramaFantasyRomance

Synopsis

Set in Cold War-era America around 1962, the film presents a surreal narrative centered on a mute janitor employed at a research laboratory. He develops a bond with an amphibious man being held captive at the facility and works to formulate a plan to aid his escape.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 262+ 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 Sidney WolinskyShot by Dan LaustsenScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Paul D AusterberrySound by Christian Cooke Nm0177397Costumes by Luis Sequeira

Box Office

2017 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 10× 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

$195.3M

Budget$19.5M
Worldwide gross$195.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $63.9M — 33% of worldwide · International: $131.4M (67%)

Opening weekend: $167K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $231K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Shape of Water – Das Flüstern des Wassersde
  • La forma del aguaes
  • La Forme de l'eaufr
  • La forma dell'acquait
  • La forma dell'acqua - The Shape of Waterit
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • ItalyAug 31, 2017
  • United StatesSep 2, 2017
  • CanadaSep 11, 2017
  • BrazilOct 5, 2017
  • SpainOct 5, 2017

Companies

ProductionDemilo Films, Double Dare You (DDY), Fox Searchlight Pictures

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