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Released
1990 · FILM

King of New York

A charismatic ex‑drug lord returns to Manhattan determined to rebuild his empire and funnel its wealth to the city's downtrodden, but he must outgun ruthless rivals and a relentless police crusade before his vision of urban Robin Hood is crushed.

“Not everyone who runs a city is elected.”

Directed by
Abel Ferrara
Written by
Nicholas St John
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
103 min
CrimeThriller

Synopsis

In this stylish and ultra violent modern reimagining of Robin Hood, a former drug lord returns to New York after serving a prison sentence, determined to eliminate his rivals and redistribute the profits of his criminal operations to the city's poor and lower classes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Anthony RedmanShot by Bojan BazelliScored by Joe DeliaDesigned by Alex Tavoularis

Box Office

1990 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$2.6M

Budget$5.3M
Worldwide gross$2.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $2.6M — 100% of worldwide · International: $236 (0%)

Opening weekend: $412K — 16% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $576K — 23% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 115 theaters

Also known as

  • King of New York - König zwischen Tag und Nachtde
  • El rey de Nueva Yorkes

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