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Released
2008 · FILM

Street Kings

An alcoholic LAPD undercover cop must outwit both ruthless Korean gangsters and his own department’s corrupt officials to rescue two kidnapped teens before a betrayal from within destroys him.

“Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.”

Directed by
David Ayer, Terry Ham
Written by
James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
109 min
ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned Los Angeles Police Officer who rarely adheres to the rules and is haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence emerges implicating him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to confront the police culture he has long been a part of.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 451+ 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 Jeffrey FordShot by Gabriel BeristainScored by Lori DoDesigned by Alec HammondSound by Lori DoviCostumes by Michele MichelStunts by R A RondellVFX by Thomas F Ford Iv

Box Office

2008 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.3× 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

$66.5M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$66.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $26.4M — 40% of worldwide · International: $40.1M (60%)

Opening weekend: $12.5M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $15.9M — 60% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,467 theaters

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Also known as

  • Street Kingsde
  • Au bout de la nuitfr
  • La notte non aspettait

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Production3 Arts Entertainment

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