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Released
1991 · FILM

My Own Private Idaho

Two streetwise drifters set out on a cross‑country quest for identity, only to have their fragile friendship torn apart by love, loss and the relentless pull of the open road.

“Wherever, whatever, have a nice day.”

Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Written by
Gus Van Sant
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
104 min
Drama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self-discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 155+ 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 Curtiss ClaytonShot by John J CampbellScored by Bill StaffordDesigned by David Brisbin

Box Office

1991 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× 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

$6.4M

Budget$2.5M
Worldwide gross$6.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $92K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $92K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3 theaters

Also known as

  • My Private Idahode
  • My Private Idaho - Das Ende der Unschuldde
  • Mi Idaho privadoes
  • Belli e dannatiit

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