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The Whale(2022)
Released
2022 · FILM

The Whale

Obese recluse Charlie must summon the strength to leave his isolated apartment and confront his failing heart in order to reunite with his long‑lost teenage daughter before time runs out.

Directed by
Darren Aronofsky, Duccio Fabbri
Written by
Samuel D Hunter
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
117 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+
  • Tubi

Synopsis

A reclusive English teacher who struggles with severe obesity seeks to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter in a final attempt at redemption.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 156+ 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 Andrew WeisblumShot by Matthew LibatiqueScored by Rob SimonsenDesigned by Mark FriedbergSound by Chris ChaeCostumes by Danny GlickerVFX by Joyce Au

Box Office

2022 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 19× 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

$57.6M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$57.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $17.5M — 30% of worldwide · International: $40.2M (70%)

Opening weekend: $332K — 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $426K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 6 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • La baleinefr
  • (Alternative Title)The Whale
  • (Bulgarian)Китът
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 4, 2022
  • CanadaSep 11, 2022
  • United StatesOct 8, 2022
  • United KingdomOct 11, 2022

Companies

ProductionA24, Protozoa Pictures

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