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Released
2004 · FILM

The Woodsman

A recently released sex offender struggles to rebuild his life and find redemption while battling the relentless suspicion and danger that his dark past brings to his fragile new existence.

“Nothing can undo the past.”

Directed by
Nicole Kassell, Thomas Fatone
Written by
Steven Fechter, Nicole Kassell
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
87 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home to find his family has abandoned him, except for his brother-in-law. Few people are aware of his status as a sex offender and pedophile. He secures an apartment and is regularly monitored by his parole officer. Walter finds employment at a lumber mill and begins a relationship with a coworker. However, his new life begins to fall apart as his past is revealed. He forms a high-risk friendship with a young girl and becomes aware that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester searching for his next victim.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 205+ 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 Lisa FruchtmanShot by Xavier GrobetScored by Nathan LarsonDesigned by Stephen BeatriceSound by Joe CateriniStunts by Dakota Anderson

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$4.7M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$4.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $115K

Peak 6 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Dämon in mirde
  • Der Dämon in mir - The Woodsmande
  • The Woodsman - Kann man etwas Schlimmeres tun?de
  • El leñadores
  • (English)The Woodsman
  • (Bulgarian)Дърводелецът
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 19, 2004
  • FranceMay 16, 2004
  • CanadaSep 12, 2004

Companies

ProductionThe Woodsman LLC, Dash Films, Lee Daniels Entertainment
DistributionNewmarket Films, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Front Row Filmed Entertainment, KinoVista, Vendetta Films
Other companiesDuArt Film and Video, ARRI Cameras and Lenses, Altman, Greenfield & Selvaggi, American Humane Association, Armadale Vodka

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