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Face/Off(1997)
Released
1997 · FILM

Face/Off

Five armed robbers find themselves at each other's throats after discovering their heist yielded far less cash than expected, triggering a dangerous spiral of betrayal, greed, and violence.

“In order to trap him, he must become him.”

Directed by
John Woo, Arthur Anderson
Written by
Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
138 min
ActionCrimeSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

To disrupt a terrorist scheme, an FBI agent receives a facial transplant and takes on the identity of a notorious criminal. The operation goes awry when the criminal regains consciousness ahead of schedule and sets out to exact revenge.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 256+ 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 Steven KemperShot by Oliver WoodScored by John PowellDesigned by Neil SpisakSound by Gary Alexander Nm0018428Costumes by Ellen Mirojnick

Box Office

1997 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$245.7M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$245.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $112.3M — 46% of worldwide · International: $133.4M (54%)

Opening weekend: $23.4M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $35.5M — 32% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,621 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Face Offde
  • Face Off - Im Körper des Feindesde
  • Face/Off - Im Körper des Feindesde
  • Im Körper des Feindesde
  • Im Körper des Feindes: Face/Offde
  • Face Offen
  • Volte-facefr
  • Face Off - Due facce di un assassinoit
  • Face/Off - Due facce di un assassinoit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 19, 1997
  • CanadaJun 27, 1997
  • SwitzerlandAug 1, 1997
  • BrazilAug 1, 1997

Companies

ProductionPermut Presentations, Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures

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