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Released
1966 · FILM

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A bitterly sharp professor and his volatile wife invite a naive young couple into their home, sparking a night of vicious mind games that threaten to expose each other's deepest insecurities.

“You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games”

Directed by
Mike Nichols, Mike Nichols Nm0001566
Written by
Edward Albee, Ernest Lehman
Rated
MPA · Approved
Color
Black & White
Runtime
131 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A history professor and his wife host a young couple who are new to the university.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 53+ 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 Sam O SteenShot by Haskell WexlerScored by Alex NorthDesigned by Richard SylbertCostumes by Irene Sharaff

Box Office

1966 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.5× 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

$33.7M

Budget$7.5M
Worldwide gross$33.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf?de
  • Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf ?fr
  • Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf?it
  • (complete title)Quem tem Medo de Virginia Woolf?
  • (Flemish)Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf?
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 21, 1966
  • ArgentinaSep 15, 1966
  • SwedenOct 10, 1966
  • ItalyOct 27, 1966

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Chenault Productions
DistributionWarner Bros., Warner-Pathé Distributors, Warner-Tonefilm
Other companiesInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Descriptive Video Works

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