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Released
2000 · FILM

Reindeer Games

An ex‑convict who steals his dead cellmate’s identity must infiltrate a deadly casino heist in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where any mistake could cost him his freedom—or his life.

The trap is set. The game is on.

Written by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
104 min
ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

After assuming his dead cellmate

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 27

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 Antony GibbsShot by Alan CasoScored by Alan SilvestriDesigned by Barbara Dunphy

Box Office

2000 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× 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

$32.2M

Budget$42.0M
Worldwide gross$32.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $23.4M 73% of worldwide · International: $8.8M (27%)

Opening weekend: $8.1M 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $10.3M44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,204 theaters

Also known as

  • Wild Christmasde
  • Deceptionen
  • Piège fatalfr
  • Trappola criminaleit

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