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Released
1991 · FILM

Point Break

Rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover in the surf scene to track down a daring crew of masked “Ex‑Presidents” who are hitting banks and must outwit the charismatic outlaw Bodhi before their 90‑second heists turn deadly.

“100% pure adrenaline.”

Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Written by
Rick King, W Peter Iliff
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
122 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

An FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a group of surfers who are suspected of being bank robbers.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 200+ 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 Howard E SmithShot by Donald PetermanScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Peter Jamison

Box Office

1991 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$83.5M

Budget$24.0M
Worldwide gross$83.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $43.2M — 52% of worldwide · International: $40.3M (48%)

Opening weekend: $8.5M — 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.8M — 30% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,615 theaters

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Also known as

  • Gefährliche Brandungde
  • Point Break - Punto di rotturait

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