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Released
1986 · FILM

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Bank employee Terry must decode a mysterious message and outwit a deadly spy network while staying one step ahead of assassins who are closing in on her.

“A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!”

Directed by
Penny Marshall
Written by
David Franzoni, Charles Shyer
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
105 min
ComedyRomanceThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Terry works for a bank and uses computers to communicate with clients around the world. One day, she receives a strange coded message from an unknown sender. After decoding it, she becomes involved in an espionage network. People are killed, and Terry is pursued. Throughout the ordeal, she stays in contact with the mysterious individual who sent the message, who continues to rely on Terry.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 39

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 Mark GoldblattShot by Matthew F LeonettiScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by Robert F Boyle

Box Office

1986 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$29.8M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$29.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $7.2M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $7.2M — 24% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,080 theaters

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  • Jumpin’ Jack Flashde

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