Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
| Production | Tom Hanks | Producer |
| Directing | Spike Jonze | Director |
| Production | Vincent Landay | Producer |
| Production | John B. Carls | Producer |
| Writing | Spike Jonze | Screenplay |
| Production | Maurice Sendak | Producer |
| Writing | Maurice Sendak | Author |
| Writing | Dave Eggers | Screenplay |
| Production | Gary Goetzman | Producer |
| Sound | Ren Klyce | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ren Klyce | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Lance Acord | Director of Photography |
| Production | Thomas Tull | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Laraib Atta | Visual Effects |
| Production | Bruce Berman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Natalie Farrey | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jon Jashni | Executive Producer |
| Production | Catherine Keener | Associate Producer |
| Production | Scott Mednick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emma Wilcockson | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Karen O | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | James Haygood | Editor |
| Editing | Eric Zumbrunnen | Editor |
| Crew | Skyler Brigmann | Acting Double |
| Crew | Miranda July | Thanks |
| Art | K.K. Barrett | Production Design |
| Art | Lucinda Thomson | Art Direction |
| Art | Jeffrey Thorp | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Lisa Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Casey Storm | Costume Design |
| Sound | Malcolm Fife | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Juan Peralta | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Semanick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Ben Gibbs | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Marc Kolbe | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Matt Copping | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Toby Copping | Key Grip |
| Camera | Sky Davies | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Elmes | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Mark Goellnicht | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Warren Grieef | Key Grip |
| Camera | Simon Harding | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ben King | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Stephen MacDougall | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Joseph Messier | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Cameron Morley | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Darin Necessary | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Matt Nettheim | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Gino Nix | Key Grip |
| Camera | Luke Nixon | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Shawn Records | Additional Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hector Rodriguez | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jeremy Rouse | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ricky Schamburg | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gary Scott | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Brad Shield | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michael Vivian | Key Grip |
| Camera | Peter White | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Thomas Patrick Smith | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Deborah Antoniou | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miranda Colman | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Mahaffie | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Eddie Thorne | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joshua Watkins | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Martin | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Justine Arteta | Casting |
| Production | Kim Davis-Wagner | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adam Johansen | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kylie O'Toole | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kylie O'Toole | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeljka Stanin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zeljka Stanin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chiara Tripodi | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chiara Tripodi | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Catherine Bishop | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Andy Pappas | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Steven Soderbergh | Thanks |
| Crew | Michelle Williams | Thanks |
| Crew | Sam Spiegel | Thanks |
| Crew | Edward Saxon | Thanks |
| Crew | David O. Russell | Thanks |
| Crew | Brad Pitt | Thanks |
| Crew | Sean Penn | Thanks |
| Crew | Tom Noonan | Thanks |
| Crew | Mike Mills | Thanks |
| Crew | Bennett Miller | Thanks |
| Crew | Tory Metzger | Thanks |
| Crew | Andy Jenkins | Thanks |
| Crew | Nicole Holofcener | Thanks |
| Crew | David Fincher | Thanks |
| Crew | Benicio del Toro | Thanks |
| Crew | Chris Cunningham | Thanks |
| Crew | Ceán Chaffin | Thanks |
| Crew | Lance Bangs | Thanks |
| Crew | Megan Baltimore | Thanks |
| Crew | Miguel Arteta | Thanks |
| Crew | Troy Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Darrin Prescott | Stunt Coordinator |
