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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005)
Released
2005 · FILM

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

A desperate thief on the run masquerades as an auditioning actor to evade police, only to be thrust into a high‑stakes Hollywood conspiracy when a fake screen test leads him and a crooked private eye into a deadly cover‑up at a remote lake.

“Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party.”

Directed by
Shane Black, Ty Arnold
Written by
Brett Halliday, Shane Black
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
103 min
ComedyCrimeMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A petty thief who pretends to be an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unexpected audition and becomes entangled in a murder investigation alongside his high school crush and a detective.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 229+ 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 Jim PageShot by Michael BarrettScored by John OttmanDesigned by Aaron OsborneSound by Richard AdrianCostumes by Christopher J KristoffStunts by Kurt BryantVFX by John Breslin

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$15.8M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$15.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $4.2M — 27% of worldwide · International: $11.5M (73%)

Opening weekend: $181K — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $257K — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 8 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bangde
  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Banges
  • (English)Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • (Bulgarian)Целувки с неочакван край
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • FranceMay 14, 2005
  • GermanyJul 27, 2005
  • DenmarkAug 21, 2005

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Warner Bros.Silver Pictures

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