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Released
1983 · FILM

D.C. Cab

“When these guys hit the streets, guess what hits the fan.”

Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Written by
Topper Carew, Joel Schumacher
Runtime
100 min
ActionComedy

Synopsis

A rundown cab company owned by Harold is home to a group of down-on-their-luck cabbies. Albert arrives in town with the goal of starting his own taxi business and seeks to inspire Harold's employees to pursue their own potential. When Albert is kidnapped, the cabbies are forced to determine whether they truly support him and his vision.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

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 David E BlewittShot by Dean CundeyScored by Giorgio MoroderDesigned by John J Lloyd

Box Office

1983 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$16.1M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$16.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $1.6M — 10% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.3M — 14% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 862 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Chaotenclique!de
  • Los locos del taxies
  • S.O.S. Taxifr

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