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Released
2001 · FILM

L.I.E.

Directed by
Runtime
97 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

Howie, left to his own devices after his mother's death and with his father occupied at work, feels lost in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary pass their time by breaking into their neighbors' homes.

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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 Eric CarlsonShot by Romeo TironeScored by Pierre FoldesDesigned by Elise Bennett

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× 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

$1.7M

Budget$700K
Worldwide gross$1.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $99K

Peak 12 theaters

Also known as

  • L.I.E. – Long Island Expresswayde
  • Long Island Expresswayde

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