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The Untouchables(1987)
Released
1987 · FILM

The Untouchables

Eliot Ness, a determined Prohibition agent, assembles an incorruptible squad to outwit Al Capone’s criminal empire and expose the deep‑rooted police corruption before Chicago falls completely under the gangster’s iron grip.

“What are you prepared to do?”

Directed by
Brian De Palma, Joe Napolitano
Written by
David Mamet, Oscar Fraley
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
119 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Elliot Ness, a determined Prohibition agent, aims to bring down Al Capone. To accomplish this, he assembles a team that becomes known by the nickname "The Untouchables."

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 210+ 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 Gerald B GreenbergShot by Stephen H BurumScored by Ennio Morricone

Box Office

1987 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$76.3M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$76.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $10.0M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.2M — 24% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,012 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Die Unbestechlichende
  • The Untouchables - Die Unbestechlichende
  • Les Incorruptiblesfr
  • Gli intoccabiliit
  • The Untouchables - Gli intoccabiliit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 2, 1987
  • ArgentinaAug 27, 1987
  • JapanSep 1, 1987
  • AustraliaSep 3, 1987

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ProductionParamount Pictures

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