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2012 · FILM

Alex Cross

Detroit homicide detective Alex Cross must hunt a relentless contract killer who murdered his friend and now threatens his family, all while deciding whether to leave the force for a coveted FBI position.

“Don't Ever Cross Alex Cross”

Directed by
Rob Cohen
Written by
Marc Moss, Kerry Williamson
Runtime
101 min
ActionCrimeMystery
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

Alex Cross is a gifted homicide detective and psychologist working to protect the streets of Detroit while safeguarding his family from the dangers of his profession. As he considers a new position with the FBI, he learns that a friend has been murdered and becomes determined to find the killer. Alongside his team, he soon faces off against a deranged contract killer who exhibits an unsettling dedication to completing his assignments.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Matthew DiezelShot by Ricardo Della RosaScored by John DebneyDesigned by Laura Fox

Box Office

2012 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$30.4M

Budget$45.0M
Worldwide gross$30.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.9M — 85% of worldwide · International: $4.5M (15%)

Opening weekend: $11.4M — 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $14.3M — 55% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,539 theaters

Also known as

  • James Patterson: Alex Crossde
  • Alex Cross - La memoria del killerit

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