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Released
2005 · FILM

Thumbsucker

A rebellious teen battles his compulsive thumb‑sucking habit, sparking a wild chain of mischief that threatens his relationships and forces him to confront the chaotic fallout of his quest for freedom.

“He's not O.K. they're not O.K. and that's O.K.”

Directed by
Mike Mills, Mike Mills Nm0590122
Written by
Walter Kirn, Mike Mills
Rated
MPA · R
Format
Shot on 35mm film
Runtime
96 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Justin plunges himself and those around him into chaos as he tries to break free from his addiction to his thumb.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 185+ 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 Haines HallShot by Joaquin Baca AsayScored by Tim DelaughterDesigned by Judy Becker

Box Office

2005 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$1.9M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$1.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $120K

Peak 9 theaters

Also known as

  • Thumbsucker – Bleib wie du bist!de
  • Âge difficile obscurfr

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