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Released
1984 · FILM

Stranger Than Paradise

A listless New Yorker reluctantly hosts his enigmatic Hungarian cousin, and when he follows her to Cleveland with a friend, the trio embarks on an absurd, meandering road trip that tests their patience and purpose.

“A new American film”

Directed by
Jim Jarmusch
Written by
Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie
Rated
MPA · R
Color
Black & White
Runtime
90 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Willie, a laid-back man from New York, develops an unexpected connection with his young Hungarian cousin, Eva, during her surprise visit. After Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, Willie accompanies his best friend, Eddie, to visit her, which leads to an unusual and memorable trip to Florida.

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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 Jim JarmuschShot by Tom DicilloScored by John LurieDesigned by Matt Buchwald

Box Office

1984 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 24× 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

$2.4M

Budget$100K
Worldwide gross$2.4M
break-even (2.5×)

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