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Collateral(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Collateral

A down‑on‑his‑luck LA cabbie desperate to launch a limousine empire is thrust into a deadly cat‑and‑mouse game when a mysterious passenger forces him to conceal a murder, forcing the driver to outwit a ruthless hitman and clear his name before the police close in.

“It started like any other night.”

Directed by
Michael Mann, Michael Mann Nm0000520
Written by
Stuart Beattie
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
120 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

Max, a cab driver, is offered $600 to drive a man around the city. What begins as a lucrative fare turns sour when Max discovers that his passenger is an assassin.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 767+ 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 Jim MillerShot by Dion BeebeScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by David WascoSound by Jon AiletcherCostumes by Jeffrey KurlandStunts by Joel KramerVFX by Robert Rossello

Box Office

2004 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× 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

$220.2M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$220.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $101.0M — 46% of worldwide · International: $119.2M (54%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (English)Collateral
  • Collateralde
  • Colaterales
  • Collatéralfr
  • (Bulgarian)Съучастникът
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 2, 2004
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaAug 5, 2004
  • PhilippinesAug 5, 2004
  • CanadaAug 6, 2004

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation

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