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Released
2000 · FILM

The Watcher

A haunted detective who fled a failed case must race against time in his new city to stop a sadistic killer who’s sending him photographs of victims before they’re murdered.

“Don't go home alone.”

Directed by
Joe Charbanic
Written by
Darcy Meyers, David Elliot
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
97 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

A detective moves to a new city after being unable to apprehend a serial killer. Soon after settling in, the killer reappears and starts sending him photographs of people who will be killed in the future.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 167+ 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 Richard NordShot by Michael ChapmanScored by Marco BeltramiDesigned by Maria Caso

Box Office

2000 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$47.3M

Budget$33.0M
Worldwide gross$47.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $28.9M — 61% of worldwide · International: $18.3M (39%)

Opening weekend: $9.1M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $11.6M — 40% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,742 theaters

Also known as

  • The Watcherde
  • Juego asesinoes

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