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Released
2003 · FILM

The Station Agent

A reclusive man with dwarfism retreats to an abandoned New Jersey train station seeking peace, only to have his quiet life upended when a chatty hot‑dog vendor and a grieving woman force him to confront connection and loss.

“Loneliness is much better when you have got someone to share it with.”

Directed by
Tom Mccarthy, Tom Mccarthy Nm0565336
Written by
Tom Mccarthy, Tom Mccarthy Nm0565336
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
89 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

After the death of his only friend, a man born with dwarfism relocates to rural New Jersey to live in solitude, but soon encounters a talkative hot dog vendor and a woman who is also coping with personal loss.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 138+ 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 Tom McardleShot by Oliver BokelbergScored by Stephen TraskDesigned by John PainoSound by Damian CanelosStunts by Manny Siverio

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× 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

$8.7M

Budget$500K
Worldwide gross$8.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $83K

Peak 3 theaters

Also known as

  • Station Agentde
  • (French)Le chef de gare
  • (English)The Station Agent
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 26, 2003
  • CanadaSep 8, 2003
  • SpainSep 19, 2003
  • GermanyOct 1, 2003

Companies

ProductionSenArt Films, Next Wednesday Productions, The Station Agent
DistributionMiramax, Monopole-Pathé, Alta Classics S.L. Unipersonal, Filmhouse, Polyfilm Verleih
Other companies3655 - Pentagon Nine, A and P Grocery Store, AIM Productions, ASAP Racks, Advent Security

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