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Released
2008 · FILM

Traitor

FBI agent Roy Clayton must race against time to expose a shadowy international terror plot, but every clue points to Samir Horn—a brilliant ex‑Special Ops operative whose loyalties could turn the mission into a deadly betrayal.

“The truth is complicated.”

Directed by
Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Noureddine Aberdine
Written by
Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Steve Martin
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
114 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

When FBI agent Roy Clayton, a by-the-book investigator, takes charge of probing a perilous international conspiracy, all evidence appears to trace back to Samir Horn, a former U.S. Special Operations officer.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 256+ 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 Billy FoxShot by J Michael MuroScored by Mark KilianDesigned by Laurence BennettSound by Marshall GarlingtonCostumes by Gersha PhillipsVFX by Tom Burton

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$23.5M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$23.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $1.5M — 6% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.5M — 6% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,054 theaters

Also known as

  • Traidores
  • Trahisonfr
  • (English)Traitor
  • (Bulgarian)Предател
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 21, 2008
  • CanadaAug 29, 2008
  • RussiaOct 2, 2008
  • GreeceOct 16, 2008

Companies

ProductionOverture Films, Mandeville Films, Hyde Park Entertainment, Crescendo Productions
DistributionOverture Films, Hollywood Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Prorom Media-Trade
Special effectsIntelligent Creatures, Ghost VFX, XY & Z Visual Effects, Look Effects, Technicolor Digital Services
Other companiesParamount Vantage, Axes Entertainment, Bastyr University, Canada Film Capital, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Cinebridge Productions

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