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Released
1990 · FILM

Quick Change

A charismatic con artist and his accomplices disguise themselves as clowns to pull off a flawless Manhattan bank heist, then race against relentless setbacks to reach the airport before the law catches up.

“The bank robbery was easy. But getting out of New York was a nightmare.”

Directed by
Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
Written by
Jay Cronley, Howard Franklin
Runtime
89 min
ComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

With the help of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and his best friend, Loomis, Grimm infiltrates a Manhattan bank disguised as a clown, takes hostages, and carries out a perfectly executed robbery. The trio's next step is to escape the city and reach the airport. On the surface, the plan appears straightforward, but immediately after the heist, misfortune begins to plague them. A series of setbacks work against the robbers, preventing them from achieving their goal of reaching safety.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

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 Alan HeimShot by Michael ChapmanScored by Randy EdelmanDesigned by David Gropman

Box Office

1990 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$15.3M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$15.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.7M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.9M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,596 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein verrückt genialer Coupde
  • Hold-up à New Yorkfr
  • Scappiamo col malloppoit

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