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Released
2000 · FILM

Space Cowboys

A quartet of retired test pilots must launch into orbit to repair a failing Soviet satellite before it plummets to Earth, risking their twilight years for a high‑stakes rescue mission.

“Space will never be the same.”

Directed by
Clint Eastwood, Craig Hosking
Written by
Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
130 min
ActionAdventureThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Frank Corvin, "Hawk" Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill, and "Tank" Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the US Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious "Ikon" communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 228+ credited

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 Joel CoxShot by Jack N GreenScored by Lennie NiehausDesigned by Henry BumsteadSound by Bub AsmanCostumes by Deborah Hopper

Box Office

2000 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$128.9M

Budget$65.0M
Worldwide gross$128.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $90.5M — 70% of worldwide · International: $38.4M (30%)

Opening weekend: $18.1M — 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $26.0M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,805 theaters

Also known as

  • Space Cowboysde
  • (Bulgarian)Звездни каубои
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 1, 2000
  • CanadaAug 4, 2000
  • ItalyAug 30, 2000
  • FranceSep 1, 2000

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Clipsal Films, Mad Chance, Malpaso Productions
DistributionWarner Bros., Fox-Warner, Warner Bros. F.E., Warner Bros. Film, Warner Bros. Pictures Germany
Special effectsIndustrial Light & Magic (ILM), Digital Image Associates
Other companiesAvid Film Composer, Avon Studio Transportation, BT Industrial Supply, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

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