Skip to main content
Filmarian
All films
Poster for The Town
Sign in to rateBe the first to rate
+ write a review

The Town (2010)

The Town(2010)
Released
2010 · FILM

The Town

A guilt‑ridden ex‑hockey player must outwit his own murderous best friend and safeguard a terrified bank manager who unknowingly holds the key to their heist’s fallout.

“Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.”

Directed by
Ben Affleck
Written by
Peter Craig, Peter Craig Nm0185976
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
125 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Doug MacRay is a seasoned thief who, despite being part of a criminal crew, is more intelligent than his associates and is seeking an opportunity to leave the life behind. During a bank heist, the group kidnaps an attractive branch manager, and Doug is assigned to oversee her. As their relationship begins to develop, it risks exposing Doug and his crew to FBI Agent Patrick Kellerman, who is actively investigating them.

Credits

Actors
Editor
Production Designer
Director of Photography
Writers
Director

Related titles

No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.

How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 28

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 Dylan TichenorShot by Robert ElswitScored by David BuckleyDesigned by Sharon Seymour

Box Office

2010 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× 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

$154.0M

Budget$37.0M
Worldwide gross$154.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $92.2M — 60% of worldwide · International: $61.8M (40%)

Opening weekend: $23.8M — 26% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $33.1M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,861 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Town - Stadt ohne Gnadede
  • The Townes

Community tags

Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).