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The Poseidon AdventureFollow

1972 • PG • 1h 57m • Adventure, Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Hell, upside down.

🍅 82% 76% MC 70 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$264.9K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$93.30M
Final
Domestic legs352.3x
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Cast & crew

Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Starring Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine Starring Roddy McDowall Roddy McDowall Starring Shelley Winters Shelley Winters Starring Jack Albertson Jack Albertson Starring
ScreenplayStirling Silliphant, Wendell Mayes Produced byIrwin Allen CinematographyHarold E. Stine Music byJohn Williams Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 15-17 1 $264.9K — 25 $10,594 $264.9K

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