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Released
2026 · FILM

How to Make a Killing

Disowned heir Becket Redfellow schemes to seize his family's fortune, but must outwit and eliminate murderous relatives who will stop at nothing to keep him penniless.

“$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way.”

Directed by
John Patton Ford
Written by
John Patton Ford, Robert Hamer
Runtime
105 min
ComedyDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Becket Redfellow, born into a fabulously wealthy family that disowned him at birth, is determined to reclaim his inheritance. Despite his blue-collar background, he is willing to eliminate any relatives who stand in his way.

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Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Harrison AtkinsShot by Todd BanhazlScored by Emile MosseriDesigned by Christian Huband

Box Office

2026 · 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

$21.2M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$21.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $7.9M — 37% of worldwide · International: $13.4M (63%)

Opening weekend: $3.5M — 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.7M — 60% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,625 theaters

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