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Released
1999 · FILM

Following

A young writer obsessed with observing strangers for inspiration becomes embroiled in a world of crime when he's taken under the wing of a charismatic thief.

“You're never alone.”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Written by
Christopher Nolan
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
69 min
CrimeMysteryThriller
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 48+ 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 Gareth HealShot by Christopher NolanScored by David JulyanDesigned by Tristan Martin

Box Office

1999 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 21× 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

$126K

Budget$6K
Worldwide gross$126K
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $4K

Peak 1 theaters

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