Once Upon a Time in America
“Crime, passion and lust for power.”
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Genres
Drama, Crime
Studio
Embassy International Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Once Upon a Time in America performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$5.5M
Gross Profit
−$24.5M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$792K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Noodles
Robert De Niro
Noodles
Max
James Woods
Max
Deborah
Elizabeth McGovern
Deborah
Frankie
Joe Pesci
Frankie
Joe
Burt Young
Joe
Carol
Tuesday Weld
Carol
Jimmy O'Donnell
Treat Williams
Jimmy O'Donnell
Police Chief Aiello
Danny Aiello
Police Chief Aiello
Chicken Joe
Richard Bright
Chicken Joe
Patsy
James Hayden
Patsy
Cockeye
William Forsythe
Cockeye
Eve
Darlanne Fluegel
Eve
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