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Nightcrawler(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

Nightcrawler

A desperate petty thief in Los Angeles turns to crime-fighting freelance journalism to escape his dead-end life, but his ruthless ambition blurs the line between truth and manipulation in a cutthroat media world.

“The city shines brightest at night.”

Directed by
Dan Gilroy
Written by
Dan Gilroy
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
118 min
CrimeDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • AMC+

Synopsis

Lou Bloom, facing unemployment, enters Los Angeles crime journalism and increasingly merges the roles of observer and participant, positioning himself as the central figure of his own narrative. He receives assistance from Nina, a veteran of television news.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 54+ 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 John GilroyShot by Robert ElswitScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Kevin Kavanaugh

Box Office

2014 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.6× 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

$47.4M

Budget$8.5M
Worldwide gross$47.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.4M — 68% of worldwide · International: $15.0M (32%)

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Also known as

  • Nightcrawler - Jede Nacht hat ihren Preisde
  • Night Callfr
  • Lo sciacalloit
  • Lo sciacallo - Nightcrawlerit

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