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Released
1998 · FILM

The Newton Boys

A charming and clever outlaw assembles his brothers and best friend to pull off a string of meticulously planned bank heists, defying the law and redefining success in the Wild West.

History is about to catch up with America's most successful bank robbers.

Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
122 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

The Newton gang is recognized as the most successful bank robbers in history, known for their effective planning and the use of minimal violence in their operations.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Sandra AdairShot by Peter JamesScored by Edward D BarnesDesigned by Catherine Hardwicke

Box Office

1998 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.4× 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

$10.5M

Budget$27.0M
Worldwide gross$10.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.0M 38% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $5.3M50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,965 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Newton Boysde
  • Los Newton Boyses
  • Le Gang des Newtonfr

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