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X-Men Origins: Wolverine(2009)

Released

2009 · FILM

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

A feral mutant with razor‑claws fights to protect his brutal half‑brother as they become unwilling weapons for a secretive government unit, forcing them to choose between loyalty and their own humanity.

“Witness the origin.”

Directed by

Gavin Hood, Jesse Allan

Written by

David Benioff, Skip Woods

Rated

MPA · PG-13

Runtime

107 min

ActionSci-Fi

Streaming on

Synopsis

After spending 200 years attempting to live a normal life, Logan seeks revenge for a death by participating in the mutant Weapon X program, through which he becomes Wolverine.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 870+ 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 Nicolas De TothShot by Donald McalpineScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Barry RobisonSound by James BoltCostumes by Louise MingenbachStunts by Ric AndersonVFX by Jeff Atherton

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.5× 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

$373.1M

Budget$150.0M

Worldwide gross$373.1M

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $179.9M — 48% of worldwide · International: $193.2M (52%)

Opening weekend: $85.1M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $102.6M — 57% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,099 theaters

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Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

extended· 119 min

Also known as

Wolverinede
X-Men Origins: Wolverinede
X-Men le origini - Wolverineit
(Bulgarian)Х-Mен Началото: Върколак

Release dates around the world4 countries · show

AustraliaApr 8, 2009
ArgentinaApr 27, 2009
NetherlandsApr 27, 2009
United StatesApr 27, 2009

Companies

Production20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Donners' Company, Seed Productions

Distribution20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox CIS, 20th Century Fox Norway

Special effectsHydraulx, Soho VFX, Luma Pictures, Method Studios, Rising Sun Pictures

Other companiesWalt Disney Studios, Northway-Photomap (Lidar), 1 Force, 87Eleven, Aaron Sims Creative, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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