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Released
1994 · FILM

The Paper

A burnt‑out New York tabloid editor fights to save his paper and his sanity when ruthless budget cuts and a vindictive rival threaten to shut down the only world he’s ever known.

“A behind-the-lines look at work, marriage and other forms of combat.”

Directed by
Ron Howard
Written by
David Koepp, Stephen Koepp
Runtime
112 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Henry Hackett is a workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He is passionate about his job, though he is growing increasingly dissatisfied due to the long hours and low pay. The tabloid's publisher, Bernie White, is dealing with financial difficulties and has enlisted Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, to enforce unpopular cost-cutting measures.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

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 Daniel P HanleyShot by John SealeScored by Randy NewmanDesigned by Todd Hallowell

Box Office

1994 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.1× 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

$48.4M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$48.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $38.8M — 80% of worldwide · International: $9.6M (20%)

Opening weekend: $176K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $251K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 5 theaters

Also known as

  • Schlagzeilende
  • Schlagzeilen - Je härter, desto besserde
  • Le Journalfr
  • Cronisti d'assaltoit

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ProductionImagine Entertainment

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