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Catch Me If You Can(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

Catch Me If You Can

A brilliant young conman assumes countless identities to survive and thrive, forcing an obsessed FBI agent to pursue him across the globe in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse.

“The true story of a real fake.”

Directed by
Steven Spielberg, Steven Speilberg
Written by
Frank Abagnale Jr, Stan Redding
Rated
FSK · FSK 6
Runtime
141 min
BiographyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

*Catch Me If You Can* is a true story about Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks by impersonating a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a legal prosecutor. An FBI agent takes it upon himself to bring Frank to justice, but the young con artist not only evades capture, he enjoys the challenge of staying one step ahead.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 812+ 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 Michael KahnShot by Janusz KaminskiScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Jeannine OppewallSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Mary ZophresStunts by Marc DesourdyVFX by Charlotte Bavasso

Box Office

2002 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.8× 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

$352.1M

Budget$52.0M
Worldwide gross$352.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $164.6M — 47% of worldwide · International: $187.5M (53%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Catch Me If You Cande
  • Catch Me If You Can - Mein Leben auf der Fluchtde
  • Atrápame si puedeses
  • Arrête-moi si tu peuxfr
  • Prova a prendermiit
  • (Bulgarian)Хвани ме, ако можеш
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesDec 16, 2002
  • MexicoJan 1, 2003
  • CanadaJan 2, 2003
  • AustraliaJan 9, 2003

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