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Released
1996 · FILM

Last Man Standing

A mysterious gunman arrives in a Prohibition-era town torn by warring gangs and manipulates both sides in a deadly game of deception, determined to survive as the body count rises.

“In a town with no justice, there is only one law... Every man for himself.”

Directed by
Walter Hill, Allan Graf
Written by
Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
101 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

John Smith is a mysterious figure who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between two rival Prohibition-era gangs. As the situation escalates, he plays both sides, shifting his loyalty to whichever gang offers the best reward. As more lives are lost, Smith takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a perilous journey to survive the deadly chaos unfolding around him.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 329+ 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 Freeman A DaviesShot by Lloyd Ahern IiScored by Ry CooderDesigned by Gary WissnerSound by D M HemphillCostumes by Dan MooreStunts by Allan Graf

Box Office

1996 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$47.3M

Budget$67.0M
Worldwide gross$47.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $18.1M — 38% of worldwide · International: $29.2M (62%)

Opening weekend: $7.0M — 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $9.1M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,561 theaters

Also known as

  • Last Man Standingde
  • Dernier Recoursfr
  • Ancora vivoit

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