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Released
2000 · FILM

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

“Little Engines CAN Do Big Things...”

Directed by
Britt Allcroft
Written by
Britt Allcroft, Wilbert Awdry
Runtime
86 min
AdventureComedyFamily

Synopsis

Mr. Conductor’s supply of magic gold dust, which enables travel between Shining Time and Thomas’s island, is critically low, and he does not know how to obtain more. At the same time, Thomas is defending against attacks by diesel engines. Acquiring additional gold dust will require assistance from Mr. Conductor’s cousin, who is described as a slacker, his new friend Lily, Lily’s morose grandfather, and a secret engine.

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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 Ron WismanShot by Paul RyanScored by Hummie MannDesigned by Oleg M Savytski

Box Office

2000 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$19.7M

Budget$19.0M
Worldwide gross$19.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $15.9M — 81% of worldwide · International: $3.8M (19%)

Opening weekend: $2.4M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.4M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,054 theaters

Also known as

  • Thomas, die fantastische Lokomotivede
  • Thomas y el Ferrocarril Mágicoes
  • Thomas et le Chemin de fer magiquefr
  • Thomas e la Magica Ferroviait

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