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Released
2007 · FILM

The Lookout

A down‑on‑his‑luck ex‑athlete working as a bank janitor must outwit a ruthless crew when his chance at redemption becomes tangled in their high‑stakes robbery.

Whoever has the money has the power.

Directed by
Written by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
99 min
CrimeDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

Chris is a former high school athlete who was once considered promising in his sport, but his life is dramatically altered after a tragic accident. Struggling to adapt, he takes on a job as a janitor at a bank in an effort to maintain a sense of normalcy. There, he becomes involved in a planned heist.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 46+ 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 Jill SavittShot by Alar KiviloScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by David Brisbin

Box Office

2007 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× 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

$5.4M

Budget$16.0M
Worldwide gross$5.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $2.8M

Peak 955 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Regeln der Gewaltde
  • Sguardo nel vuotoit

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