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Boogie Nights(1997)
Released
1997 · FILM

Boogie Nights

A disillusioned teen drops out of school and dives into the 1970s porn boom, chasing fame as “Dirk Diggler” while battling the industry's ruthless excesses that threaten to consume his ambition.

“The life of a dreamer, the days of a business and the nights in between.”

Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
156 min
Drama

Synopsis

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protégé attempt to ride the final wave of an era before their endless party confronts the realities of a changing world.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 104+ credited

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 Dylan TichenorShot by Robert ElswitScored by Michael PennDesigned by Bob Ziembicki

Box Office

1997 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× 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

$43.1M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$43.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $26.4M — 61% of worldwide · International: $16.7M (39%)

Opening weekend: $50K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $157K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

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Also known as

  • Boogie Nightsde
  • Pushing Thirteenen
  • Boogie Nights - L'altra Hollywoodit

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