Benj Pasek

Best known as a Song Writer based on credits in that role in 3 films, with $1,909,693,550 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #7)
Best-known technical roles: Aladdin (Song Writer), The Greatest Showman (Song Writer), La La Land (Song Writer), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Executive Producer), Dear Evan Hansen (Executive Producer)
Most productive collaborators: Marc Platt, Guy Ritchie, Mena Massoud, Justin Paul, Naomi Scott
Born: June 9, 1985 (38 years old)
Also credited as: Pasek and Paul
                                    

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  MoviesDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesSong Writer3$681,001,193$1,228,692,357$1,909,693,550
Executive Producer3$61,891,087$62,810,840$124,701,927
Composer1$15,002,646$2,507,213$17,509,859

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Analysis: Films Like The Greatest Showman Should Be Considered Trendsetters, Not Flukes

February 1st, 2018

The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman’s box office life has almost mirrored that of a cliché Broadway musical. Before release, no one believed in its dreams: an $84 million circus musical starring Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron that was mocked by the bullies on film Twitter. It even had its darkest moment when it debuted at #4 with just $8.8 million, a definite sign of a total bomb. But then the rallying moment, as the film defied the odds and just kind of stuck around at #4 (and, on one weekend, #5) for 5 weeks straight, each weekend making more than its opening. Now the film’s soundtrack has reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100 albums, #1 on iTunes, and has over 200 million plays on Spotify. Two of the songs (“This is Me” and “Rewrite the Stars”) have been listened to over 50 million times each on Spotify (in comparison, the Spanish version of “Remember Me” from Coco has been listened to 12 million times). The film has earned a Golden Globe for Best Song and an Academy Award nomination for the same song. And, of course, it has shockingly earned over $100 million domestically. It currently stands at $128.2 million, which makes it the 15th-highest-grossing musical of all time, and it will climb higher on that list.

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Release
Date
TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Nov 11, 2022Spirited Executive Producer
Oct 7, 2022Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Executive Producer $46,888,441$60,303,627$107,192,068
Sep 24, 2021Dear Evan Hansen Executive Producer
Composer
$15,002,646$2,507,213$17,509,859
May 24, 2019Aladdin Song Writer $355,559,216$691,028,297$1,046,587,513
Dec 20, 2017The Greatest Showman Song Writer $174,340,174$254,915,792$429,255,966
Dec 9, 2016La La Land Song Writer $151,101,803$282,748,268$433,850,071
 
Averages $148,578,456$258,300,639$406,879,095
Totals 6 $742,892,280$1,291,503,197$2,034,395,477