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Donnie Brasco (1997) Original Trailer [FHD]

Donnie Brasco(1997)
Released
1997 · FILM

Donnie Brasco

A seasoned mafia enforcer must protect his crew’s lucrative operations while a charismatic newcomer—unbeknownst to him, an undercover FBI agent— infiltrates their world, turning loyalty into lethal suspicion.

“In 1978, the US government waged a war against organized crime. One man was left behind the lines.”

Directed by
Mike Newell, Sam Hoffman
Written by
Joseph D Pistone, Richard Woodley
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
127 min
BiographyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and begins to identify more with the mafia lifestyle than with his own regular life.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 235+ 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 Jon GregoryShot by Peter SovaScored by Patrick DoyleDesigned by Donald Graham BurtSound by Tim CavaginCostumes by Aude Bronson HowardStunts by G A Aguilar

Box Office

1997 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.6× 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

$124.9M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$124.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $41.9M — 34% of worldwide · International: $83.0M (66%)

Opening weekend: $11.7M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $15.5M — 37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,503 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • extended· 147 min
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 24, 1997
  • CanadaFeb 28, 1997
  • FranceMar 13, 1997
  • SpainMar 19, 1997

Companies

ProductionMandalay Entertainment, Baltimore Pictures, Mark Johnson Productions

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