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From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
Released
1996 · FILM

From Dusk Till Dawn

A desperate pastor and his teenage children are hijacked by two murderous brothers on the run, forcing them into a brutal cross‑border chase through the Texas desert where survival hinges on outwitting relentless violence and their own shattered faith.

“One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be one hell of a night.”

Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Written by
Robert Kurtzman, Quentin Tarantino
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
108 min
ActionCrimeHorror

Synopsis

The Gecko brothers take a father and his two children hostage and flee south to a run-down bar in Mexico, intending to lay low, but they are unaware of the establishment's dangerous reputation and the criminal elements that frequent it.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 27

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 Robert RodriguezShot by Guillermo NavarroScored by Graeme RevellDesigned by Cecilia Montiel

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$25.8M

Budget$19.0M
Worldwide gross$25.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $10.2M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $13.2M — 51% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,004 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • From Dusk Till Dawnde
  • From Dusk till Dawnen
  • Une nuit en enferfr
  • Dal tramonto all'albait

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Dimension FilmsA Band ApartLos Hooligans Productions

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