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Released
1989 · FILM

Renegades

“This time, they've brought their guns to the city.”

Directed by
Jack Sholder
Written by
David Rich
Runtime
105 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

Undercover officer Buster McHenry, while probing corruption within his police department, is compelled to join a robbery that results in civilian deaths and the theft of an ancient Lakota tribal spear. After sustaining severe injuries, McHenry is rescued by Native American Hank Storm, who seeks to retrieve the stolen spear and avenge the loss of a loved one caused by the heist.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Caroline BiggerstaffShot by Phil MeheuxScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Carol Spier

Box Office

1989 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$9.0M

Budget$16.0M
Worldwide gross$9.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.1M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $4.3M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,627 theaters

Also known as

  • Renegades - Auf eigene Faustde
  • Flic et Rebellefr

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