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Released
2003 · FILM

Ruby & Quentin

Brooding outlaw Ruby escapes prison and teams up with dim‑witted giant Quentin to track down his former criminal partners, seeking vengeance for a lost love and the hidden loot—while fighting to keep his unlikely companion alive in a high‑stakes chase.

Directed by
Francis Veber
Written by
Francis Veber, Serge Frydman
Runtime
85 min
Language
FR
ComedyCrime

Synopsis

After hiding his loot and being imprisoned, the brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and talkative giant. When Quentin fails in a solo escape attempt, the two make a joint break for freedom. Unable to leave the clumsy Quentin behind, Ruby takes him along as he tracks down his former criminal partners to avenge the death of the woman he loved and reclaim his hidden money.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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 Georges KlotzShot by Luciano TovoliScored by Marco PrinceDesigned by Dominique Andre

Box Office

2003 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$27.7M

Budget$27.4M
Worldwide gross$27.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $313K — 1% of worldwide · International: $27.4M (99%)

Also known as

  • Ruby & Quentin - Der Killer und die Klettede
  • Ruby and Quentin - Der Killer und die Klettede
  • Ruby und Quentin - Der Killer und die Klettede
  • Ruby & Quentinen
  • ¡Que te calles!es
  • Tais-toi !fr
  • Sta' zitto... non rompereit

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