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Released
2005 · FILM

Good Night, and Good Luck.

A principled journalist risks his career and reputation to challenge the reckless power of a Senate committee and its crusade against communism, standing up for truth in a time of fear.

“We will not walk in fear of one another.”

Directed by
Melissa V Barnes, Richard Gonzales
Written by
George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Rated
MPA · PG
Color
Black & White
Runtime
93 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 324+ 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 Stephen MirrioneShot by Robert ElswitScored by Jim PapoulisDesigned by Jim BissellSound by Lance BrownCostumes by Louise Frogley

Box Office

2005 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.8× 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

$54.6M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$54.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $31.6M — 58% of worldwide · International: $23.0M (42%)

Also known as

  • Good Night, and Good Luck - Der Fall McCarthyde
  • Good Night, and Good Lucken
  • Buenas noches, y buena suertees
  • Good Night and Good Luckfr
  • (English)Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • (Bulgarian)Лека нощ и късмет
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • ItalySep 1, 2005
  • United StatesSep 23, 2005
  • BrazilOct 21, 2005

Companies

ProductionWarner Independent Pictures (WIP), 2929 Productions, Participant

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