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The Thing (1982) | Modern Trailer | (HD)(4K)

The Thing(1982)
Released
1982 · FILM

The Thing

When an American research team in Antarctica discovers a mysterious, flesh‑eating organism that can mimic their own dogs, they must race to contain the deadly shapeshifter before it spreads beyond the frozen outpost.

“Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.”

Directed by
John Carpenter
Written by
Bill Lancaster, John W Campbell Jr
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
109 min
HorrorMysterySci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A research team stationed in Antarctica is pursued by a shape-shifting alien capable of mimicking the appearance of its victims.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 28

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 Todd C RamsayShot by Dean CundeyScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by John J Lloyd

Box Office

1982 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× 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

$19.6M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$19.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.1M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $5.4M — 27% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 840 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Das Ding aus einer anderen Weltde
  • La chosefr
  • La cosait

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