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Released
2002 · FILM

City by the Sea

A seasoned NYPD detective races to bring down a dangerous criminal ring while battling his own worst nightmare—discovering that his estranged son has been drawn into the same underworld he’s sworn to destroy.

“When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.”

Directed by
Michael Caton Jones
Written by
Mike Mcalary, Ken Hixon
Runtime
108 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

Vincent LaMarca is a committed and respected New York City police detective who has worked hard to separate himself from his past. However, his efforts are complicated when he discovers that his own son has become involved in criminal activity.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Jim ClarkShot by Karl Walter LindenlaubScored by John MurphyDesigned by Jane Musky

Box Office

2002 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$22.4M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$22.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $8.9M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $11.8M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,575 theaters

Also known as

  • City By The Seade
  • Père et flicfr
  • Colpevole d'omicidioit

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