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Released
1984 · FILM

Streets of Fire

Ex‑soldier mercenary Tom Cody must race against a ruthless biker gang to rescue his former lover, rock star Ellen Aim, before they silence her forever.

“Tonight is what it means to be young.”

Directed by
Walter Hill
Written by
Walter Hill, Larry Gross
Runtime
93 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Raven Shaddock and his gang of ruthless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, mercenary Tom Cody, is in town on a personal visit when the kidnapping occurs. To save Ellen, her manager hires Tom to rescue her. With the help of a former soldier, they navigate through perilous cityscapes in an effort to retrieve her.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Michael TronickShot by Andrew LaszloScored by Ry CooderDesigned by John Vallone

Box Office

1984 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$8.1M

Budget$14.5M
Worldwide gross$8.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.4M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $3.3M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,150 theaters

Also known as

  • Straßen in Flammende
  • Calles de fuegoes
  • Les Rues de feufr
  • Strade di fuocoit

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