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Lawless(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

Lawless

When a ruthless new U.S. Marshal demands a cut of their thriving 1930s moonshine empire, the Bondurant brothers must outwit law and rival criminals to protect their family business and survive.

“When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.”

Directed by
John Hillcoat
Written by
Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
116 min
BiographyCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers operate a multipurpose rural business in Franklin County, Virginia, which serves as a front for their bootlegging activities. The brothers are Forrest, the strategic leader; Howard, the eldest and most physically imposing; and Jack, the youngest, who acts as a lookout. While local law enforcement has tolerated their operations through bribes, tensions escalate when a ruthless lawman from Chicago arrives and attempts to dismantle the Bondurants' business.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 223+ 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 Dylan TichenorShot by Benoit DelhommeScored by Nick CaveDesigned by Chris Kennedy

Box Office

2012 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$55.4M

Budget$26.0M
Worldwide gross$55.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $37.4M — 68% of worldwide · International: $18.0M (32%)

Opening weekend: $2.1M — 6% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.1M — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,565 theaters

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Also known as

  • Lawless - Die Gesetzlosende
  • The Wettest County in the Worlden
  • Des hommes sans loifr

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