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Released
2002 · FILM

Ripley's Game

A charismatic sociopath plots to turn a terminally‑ill picture framer into a contract killer for a Berlin gangster, but as his manipulation spirals out of control, he must confront the deadly consequences of his own twisted experiment.

Older. Wiser. More Talented.

Directed by
Runtime
110 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

Tom Ripley, a cool, urbane, and wealthy murderer, resides in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his girlfriend who plays the harpsichord. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld visits Ripley, seeking his help in killing a rival. Ripley, ever observant of human nature, begins a psychological experiment to manipulate Jonathan Trevanny, a mild and innocent local picture framer, into becoming a hit man. Trevanny, who is dying of cancer, has a wife, a young son, and little to leave them. As Ripley draws Jonathan into the scheme, the question arises: can Ripley maintain control? Does the plan stop at one killing? What happens if Ripley begins to develop a conscience?

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Jon HarrisShot by Alfio ContiniScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Francesco Frigeri

Box Office

2002 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× 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

$6.2M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$6.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Ripley’s Gamede
  • Ripley s'amusefr
  • Il gioco di Ripleyit

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