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Gangs of New York(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

Gangs of New York

Amsterdam Vallon, an Irish immigrant, returns to the brutal New York slums of the 1860s after 15 years in prison, determined to avenge his father's death and reclaim his place in a city ruled by warring gangs.

“America was born in the streets.”

Directed by
Martin Scorsese, Ozkan Arslan
Written by
Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
168 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

In the early 1860s in New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, where he seeks revenge against his father.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 844+ 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 Thelma SchoonmakerShot by Michael BallhausScored by Howard ShoreDesigned by Dante FerrettiSound by Eugene GeartyCostumes by Sandy Powell Nm0694309Stunts by G A AguilarVFX by Mark Dornfeld

Box Office

2002 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$193.8M

Budget$100.0M
Worldwide gross$193.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $77.8M — 40% of worldwide · International: $116.0M (60%)

Opening weekend: $9.1M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.9M — 24% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,504 theaters

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  • Gangs of New Yorkde

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