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The Bourne Identity(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

The Bourne Identity

A man with no memory and a body built for combat must uncover his true identity before the shadowy forces that created him can kill him.

“He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.”

Directed by
Doug Liman
Written by
Tony Gilroy, William Blake Herron
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
119 min
ActionMysteryThriller

Synopsis

Jason Bourne is found at sea, near death and suffering from amnesia, by a fisherman. With only a Swiss bank account number to guide him, he begins to piece together his past, but quickly discovers that many individuals want him dead. As he investigates, Bourne becomes aware of his highly developed combat and cognitive abilities, typical of a top-tier spy. Yet, the central question remains: for whom does he work?

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 62+ 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 Saar KleinShot by Oliver WoodScored by John PowellDesigned by Dan Weil

Box Office

2002 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.6× 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

$214.0M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$214.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $121.7M — 57% of worldwide · International: $92.4M (43%)

Opening weekend: $27.1M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $39.3M — 32% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,638 theaters

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Also known as

  • Die Bourne Identitätde
  • La Mémoire dans la peaufr

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