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Released
2019 · FILM

Motherless Brooklyn

Tourette‑syndrome private eye Lionel Essrog races against his own compulsions to solve his mentor’s murder in 1957 New York, before the city’s corrupt power brokers silence him forever.

Directed by
Edward Norton, G A Aguilar
Written by
Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
144 min
CrimeDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In 1957 New York City, Lionel Essrog, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, attempts to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, relying on fragmented clues and the intensity of his obsessive mind.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 271+ 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 Joe KlotzShot by Dick PopeScored by Nicholas SchenckDesigned by Beth MickleSound by Paul HsuCostumes by Amy RothVFX by Osvaldo Andreaus

Box Office

2019 · 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

$18.4M

Budget$26.0M
Worldwide gross$18.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $5.2M

Peak 1,342 theaters

Also known as

  • Motherless Brooklynde
  • Brooklyn Affairsfr
  • Motherless Brooklyn - I segreti di una cittàit
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 30, 2019
  • CanadaSep 10, 2019

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Class 5 Films, Madison Wells
DistributionWarner Bros., Karo Premiere, NOS Audiovisuais, Tanweer Alliances
Special effectsPhosphene, Brainstorm Digital, Spin VFX, The Molecule, LTMR Labs
Other companiesAPM Music, Abbey Road Studios, Aerobo, Air Lyndhurst Studios

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