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Released
1984 · FILM

Reckless

“Girls like Tracy never tell their parents about guys like Rourke.”

Directed by
James Foley
Written by
Chris Columbus
Runtime
94 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Teenager Johnny Rourke is reckless. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, he breaks the law and girls' hearts with equal cool. Cheerleader Tracey Prescott is reckless too. She dumps her conventional life and boring boyfriend to follow Johnny wherever his dangerous path leads.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Albert MagnoliShot by Michael BallhausScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by Jeffrey Townsend

Box Office

1984 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$8.3M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$8.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $8.3M — 100% of worldwide · International: $10K (0%)

Opening weekend: $3.1M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.1M — 37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 897 theaters

Also known as

  • Jung und rücksichtslosde
  • Amare con rabbiait

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