A fairy tale for troubled times.
The Shape of Water
66Standing
281st of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 57% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($195M).
- Returned 10× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 60th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.2 from 13,114 votes, the 68th percentile.
- Cost
- $20M
- Took
- $195M
Blockbuster10.0× its cost
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 3.2 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
- Released
- 1 December 2017
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
Top billedAll 22 credits
- Sally HawkinsElisa Esposito
- Michael ShannonRichard Strickland
- Richard JenkinsGiles
- Octavia SpencerZelda Fuller
- Michael StuhlbargDr. Robert Hoffstetler
- Doug JonesAmphibian Man
Made by
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Screenplay
- Vanessa Taylor, Guillermo del Toro
- Original Music Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Director of Photography
- Dan Laustsen
- Producer
- Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Filed under
DramaRomanceFantasy