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Released
2004 · FILM

The Ladykillers

A charismatic Southern professor assembles a faux band to pull off a high‑stakes casino heist, all while outwitting his nosy elderly landlady who threatens to expose their scheme.

“The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.”

Directed by
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Written by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
104 min
ComedyCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

An eccentric yet charming Southern professor, along with his crew, disguises themselves as a band to rob a casino, all while avoiding detection by his sharp-minded, unsuspecting elderly landlord.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 216+ 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 Ethan CoenShot by Roger DeakinsScored by Carter BurwellDesigned by Dennis GassnerSound by Eugene GeartyCostumes by Mary ZophresStunts by Jery Hewitt

Box Office

2004 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$76.7M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$76.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $39.8M — 52% of worldwide · International: $36.9M (48%)

Opening weekend: $12.6M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $16.4M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,583 theaters

Re-release box office

20213 theaters
$36K($44K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Ladykillersde
  • (English)The Ladykillers
  • (Bulgarian)Убийците на старата дама
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaMar 26, 2004
  • United StatesMar 26, 2004
  • FranceMay 18, 2004
  • SpainMay 21, 2004
  • JapanMay 22, 2004

Companies

ProductionTouchstone Pictures, The Jacobson Company, Mike Zoss Productions

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