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Reservoir Dogs(1992)
Released
1992 · FILM

Reservoir Dogs

A crew of mismatched criminals gather for breakfast before a high-stakes jewelry store heist, but when things go violently wrong, loyalties are tested and secrets unravel in a deadly game of survival.

“Every dog has his day.”

Directed by
Quentin Tarantino
Written by
Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
99 min
CrimeThriller

Synopsis

A botched robbery hints at the presence of a police informant, and tension rises in the aftermath at a warehouse. As crime leads to violence, the survivors—veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink, and Nice Guy Eddie—begin to unravel.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 31

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 Sally MenkeShot by Andrzej SekulaDesigned by David Wasco

Box Office

1992 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× 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

$2.9M

Budget$1.2M
Worldwide gross$2.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $2.8M — 99% of worldwide · International: $28K (1%)

Opening weekend: $148K — 5% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $198K — 7% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 19 theaters

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Also known as

  • Reservoir Dogsde
  • Reservoir Dogs - Wilde Hundede
  • Le ieneit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 21, 1992
  • FranceMay 13, 1992
  • ItalyJun 21, 1992
  • GermanyAug 1, 1992

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