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Released
2013 · FILM

Wolverine: Origin

Directed by
Carl Upsdell, Mauro Casalese
Written by
Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins
Runtime
71 min
AnimationActionScience Fiction

Synopsis

Wolverine is often described as the best there is at what he does—although what he does is not particularly nice. Before becoming a member of the X-Men, a tormented subject of the Weapon X project, or a brutal bar brawler known as Logan, he was simply a young boy. What powerful forces shaped this man into the world’s greatest killing machine? For years, Wolverine has sought answers to his past, traveling from the Canadian wilderness to the bustling cities of Japan and beyond. Despite his determination and desire for the truth, he remains an enigma to himself and others. In this landmark event, Marvel unveils the full story: the birth and childhood of young James Howlett, the intriguing secrets of his family history, and the tragedy that changed everything. This is the greatest story never told.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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.

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Edited by Holly Pavlik

Box Office

2013 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 25× 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

$4K

Budget$150
Worldwide gross$4K
break-even (2.5×)

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