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Released
1993 · FILM

Last Action Hero

When gritty New York kid Danny discovers a magical ticket that drags him into the over‑the‑top world of his favorite action hero, he must team up with the fictional cop to outwit deadly on‑screen villains before both realities collapse.

“This isn't the movies anymore.”

Directed by
John Mctiernan
Written by
Zak Penn, Adam Leff
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
130 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

After his father's death, a young boy finds comfort in action movies starring an indestructible cop. When a theater manager gives him a magic ticket, he is transported into the film and joins forces with the cop to stop a villain who has broken free into the real world.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 34

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 Richard A HarrisShot by Dean SemlerScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Eugenio Zanetti

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× 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

$137.3M

Budget$85.0M
Worldwide gross$137.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.0M — 36% of worldwide · International: $87.3M (64%)

Opening weekend: $15.3M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $21.9M — 44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,306 theaters

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Also known as

  • Last Action Herode
  • Last Action Hero - L'ultimo grande eroeit

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Oak Productions

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