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Total Recall(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

Total Recall

A disillusioned factory worker who implants a secret‑agent fantasy to escape his bleak life is thrust into a real covert war that could spark conflict between the surviving Earth enclaves.

“What Is Real?”

Directed by
Len Wiseman
Written by
Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
118 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

Factory worker Doug Quaid undergoes a virtual memory implantation at Rekall, a company that sells simulated experiences, choosing a spy-themed scenario. When the procedure malfunctions, Quaid becomes a fugitive and teams up with a rebel to confront the authoritarian Chancellor Cohaagen.

Credits

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 33

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 Christian WagnerShot by Paul CameronScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Patrick Tatopoulos

Box Office

2012 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$198.8M

Budget$125.0M
Worldwide gross$198.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $58.9M — 30% of worldwide · International: $139.9M (70%)

Opening weekend: $25.6M — 43% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $36.1M — 61% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,601 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Total Recallde
  • Total Recall : Mémoires programméesfr
  • Total Recall - Atto di forzait

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Original Film, Prime Focus

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