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Released
2018 · FILM

The 15:17 to Paris

Three American friends racing against a gunman must seize control of a speeding Paris-bound train to save over 500 strangers from a deadly terrorist attack.

“In the face of fear ordinary people can do the extraordinary”

Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Written by
Dorothy Blyskal, Anthony Sadler
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
94 min
BiographyDramaThriller

Synopsis

On August 21, 2015, the media reports a thwarted terrorist attack on a train heading to Paris, an incident that occurs while the world watches in stunned silence. Three young Americans traveling together through Europe—Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone—play a key role in preventing the attack, helping to save the lives of more than 500 passengers on board.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

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 Blu MurrayShot by Tom SternScored by Christian JacobDesigned by Kevin Ishioka

Box Office

2018 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× 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

$57.1M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$57.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $36.3M — 64% of worldwide · International: $20.8M (36%)

Opening weekend: $12.6M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $17.7M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,042 theaters

Also known as

  • 15:17 to Parisde
  • Le 15:17 pour Parisfr
  • Le 15h17 pour Parisfr
  • Ore 15:17 - Attacco al trenoit

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