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True Romance(1993)
Released
1993 · FILM

True Romance

A desperate Elvis‑obsessed small‑time crook discovers his new bride is a call girl caught up in a deadly drug heist, forcing him to confront violent gangsters and his estranged police‑officer father to save her life.

“Stealing. Cheating. Killing. Who says romance is dead?”

Directed by
Tony Scott
Written by
Quentin Tarantino
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
119 min
CrimeDramaRomance

Synopsis

The story follows Clarence, who marries a sex worker named Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and attempts to sell the drugs in Hollywood, while the original owners of the cocaine seek to recover it.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 53+ 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 Michael TronickShot by Jeffrey L KimballScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Benjamin Fernandez

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$12.6M

Budget$12.5M
Worldwide gross$12.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $12.3M — 97% of worldwide · International: $318K (3%)

Opening weekend: $4.0M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $5.6M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,254 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • unrated director's cut· 121 min

Also known as

  • Una vita al massimoit
  • (Bulgarian)Истински романс
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 8, 1993
  • CanadaSep 10, 1993
  • United KingdomOct 15, 1993
  • GermanyOct 30, 1993

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