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Released
1999 · FILM

Bringing Out the Dead

A tormented New York City paramedic battles his own demons while racing against time to save lives in the chaotic heart of the city.

“Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.”

Directed by
Martin Scorsese, Michael Owens Nm0654424
Written by
Joe Connelly, Paul Schrader
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
121 min
DramaThriller

Synopsis

Once called

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 394+ 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 Thelma SchoonmakerShot by Robert RichardsonScored by Elmer BernsteinDesigned by Dante FerrettiSound by Tom FleischmanCostumes by Rita RyackStunts by G A AguilarVFX by Jill Brooks

Box Office

1999 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$16.8M

Budget$32.0M
Worldwide gross$16.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $6.2M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $8.1M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,936 theaters

Also known as

  • Bringing out the Dead - Nächte der Erinnerungde
  • Nächte der Erinnerungde
  • À tombeau ouvertfr
  • Al di là della vitait

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