Cheaper by the Dozen

2003 film by Shawn Levy
Movie film Q822930
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Summary

Cheaper by the Dozen is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,405 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Shawn Levy[3]
  • Screenwriter: Sam Harper[4], Joel Cohen[5], Alec Sokolow[6], Craig Titley[7]
  • Composer: Christophe Beck[8]
  • Genre: comedy film[9], children's film[10]
  • Based on: Cheaper by the Dozen[11]
  • Followed by: Cheaper by the Dozen 2[12]
  • Cast member: Steve Martin[13], Bonnie Hunt[14], Hilary Duff[15], Piper Perabo[16], Tom Welling[17], Alyson Stoner[18], Richard Jenkins[19], Kevin Schmidt[20], Jacob Smith[21], Liliana Mumy[22], Morgan York[23], Blake Woodruff[24], Forrest Landis[25], Ashton Kutcher[26]
  • Producer: Robert Simonds[27], Michael Barnathan[28], Ben Myron[29]
  • Production company: Robert Simonds Productions[30]
  • Director of photography: Jonathan Brown[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 4.6/10[34], 24%[35], 46/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38]
  • Publication date: December 25, 2003[39], March 25, 2004[40]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[41], Netflix[42], Disney+[43]
  • Narrative location: Illinois[44]
  • Filming location: Santa Rosa[45]
  • Film editor: George Folsey Jr.[46]
  • Title: Cheaper by the Dozen[47]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[48], title for Spain[49], title for Hispanic America[50]

Why It Matters

Cheaper by the Dozen has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14759 → t930
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  2. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 30805
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  3. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 79605
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2003-12-25T00:00:00Z, +2004-03-25T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Sam Harper, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow +1
    Duration → {'amount': '+95'}
    Narrator → Bonnie Hunt
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