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Released
2005 · FILM

Chaos

A suspended detective and a rookie partner must stop a mastermind criminal using chaos theory to steal billions—while he systematically eliminates his own crew.

“When the system breaks down... someone is about to get rich.”

Directed by
David Defalco, Tony Giglio
Written by
Steven Jay Bernheim, Tony Giglio
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
106 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, led by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team discover that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 35

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 Peter Devaney FlanaganShot by Brandon TrostScored by Trevor JonesDesigned by Chris August

Box Office

2005 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$7.0M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$7.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Chaosde
  • Caoses
  • Caosit

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