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Released
2002 · FILM

The Wild Thornberrys

When her sister’s life hangs in the balance, Eliza must decide whether to sacrifice her unique ability to communicate with animals to save Debbie.

“You don't need extraordinary powers to do extraordinary things.”

Directed by
Cathy Malkasian, Jeff Mcgrath
Written by
Kate Boutilier, Arlene Klasky
Runtime
85 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who often have difficulty getting along. Their relationship faces a significant challenge when Debbie's life is endangered, forcing Eliza to consider sacrificing her ability to communicate with animals to help her.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 BryantScored by Drew NeumannDesigned by Dima Malanitchev

Box Office

2002 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$60.7M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$60.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $40.1M — 66% of worldwide · International: $20.6M (34%)

Also known as

  • Die Abenteuer der Familie Stachelbeerede
  • The Wild Thornberrysen
  • Los Thornberrys: La películaes
  • La Famille Delajungle le filmfr
  • La famiglia della giunglait

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