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Released
1984 · FILM

Beat Street

Takin' the beat to the streets!

Directed by
Runtime
105 min
DramaMusic

Synopsis

An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, attempt to enter show business by introducing audiences to hip‑hop music and culture.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Dov HoenigShot by Tom Priestley JrScored by Harry BelafonteDesigned by Patrizia Von Brandenstein

Box Office

1984 · Box office

Grossed $16.6M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$16.6M

Worldwide gross$16.6M

US & Canada: $16.6M 100% of worldwide · International: $732 (0%)

Opening weekend: $5.2M 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.0M42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,380 theaters

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