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Released
1989 · FILM

New York Stories

Three interconnected stories explore the dreams, desires, and struggles of New Yorkers in a city where life never slows down.

“One city. Three stories tall.”

Directed by
Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola
Written by
Richard Price, Woody Allen
Runtime
124 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Three interconnected stories of love, ambition, and psychological turmoil unfold in New York City in this anthology film. In "Life Lessons," directed by Martin Scorsese, a troubled painter transforms his emotional pain into artistic expression. In "Life Without Zoë," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, a bright and socially aware 12-year-old girl deals with the complexities of wealth and isolation within a Manhattan hotel. In "Oedipus Wrecks," directed by Woody Allen, a man's overbearing mother becomes a literal and figurative presence, overshadowing both his life and the city itself.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 32

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 Barry MalkinShot by Nestor AlmendrosScored by Carmine CoppolaDesigned by Santo Loquasto

Box Office

1989 · 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

$10.8M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$10.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $432K — 4% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $684K — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 12 theaters

Also known as

  • Life Lessonsde
  • Life Without Zoede
  • New Yorker Geschichtende
  • Oedipus Wrecksde
  • Historias de Nueva Yorkes

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