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ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA: (Extended Director

Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
Released
1984 · FILM

Once Upon a Time in America

A haunted 1930s bootlegger named Noodles must outwit relentless gangsters hunting him for a vanished fortune, risking his life and the love of his sister‑in‑law to finally escape his violent past.

“Crime, passion and lust for power.”

Directed by
Sergio Leone, Philippe Landoulsi
Written by
Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
229 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan more than thirty years later, where he is forced to confront the ghosts and regrets of his past life.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 353+ 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 Nino BaragliShot by Tonino Delli ColliScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Giovanni NatalucciSound by Jacques Thomas GerardCostumes by Gabriella PescucciStunts by Benito Stefanelli

Box Office

1984 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$5.5M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$5.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $5.3M — 97% of worldwide · International: $178K (3%)

Opening weekend: $2.4M — 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.1M — 58% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 894 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • restored· 251 min
  • uncut· 269 min
  • extended· 250 min
  • re-cut· 139 min

Also known as

  • Es war einmal in Amerikade
  • Érase una vez en Américaes
  • Il était une fois en Amériquefr
  • C'era una volta in Americait
  • (Bulgarian)Имало едно време в Америка
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • FranceMay 20, 1984
  • CanadaMay 30, 1984
  • ChileMay 31, 1984

Production & Distribution

Production companies
The Ladd CompanyWarner Bros.Producers Sales Organization (PSO)

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