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VolcanoFollow

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Action, Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

The coast is toast.

🍅 48% 32% MC 54 LB 2.66 IMDb 5.6
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$47.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$120.10M
$72.60M international
Domestic legs3.3x
Budget$90M
1997 rank#42
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Cast & crew

Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones Starring Anne Heche Anne Heche Starring Gaby Hoffmann Gaby Hoffmann Starring Don Cheadle Don Cheadle Starring Keith David Keith David Starring John Corbett John Corbett Starring
ScreenplayJerome Armstrong, Billy Ray Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis CinematographyTheo van de Sande Music byAlan Silvestri Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 25-27 1 $14.6M — 2,774 $5,257 $14.6M
2 May 2-4 3 $9.1M −37.6% 2,777 $3,277 $27.4M
3 May 9-11 5 $4.5M −50.6% 2,650 $1,696 $34.1M
4 May 16-18 5 $3.6M −20.0% 2,636 $1,364 $38.9M
5 May 23-25 8 $2.3M −35.8% 1,736 $1,330 $42.4M
6 May 30-Jun 1 12 $909.5K −60.6% 1,003 $907 $43.7M
7 Jun 6-8 12 $602.1K −33.8% 677 $889 $44.7M
8 Jun 13-15 14 $496.2K −17.6% 681 $729 $45.4M
9 Jun 20-22 15 $453.8K −8.5% 693 $655 $46.2M
10 Jun 27-29 18 $289.2K −36.3% 482 $600 $46.7M
11 Jul 4-6 20 $171.5K −40.7% 319 $538 $47.1M
12 Jul 11-13 33 $64.7K −62.3% 212 $305 $47.3M
13 Jul 18-20 35 $72.5K +12.0% 146 $496 $47.3M
14 Jul 25-27 48 $37.0K −48.9% 86 $431 $47.4M
15 Aug 1-3 48 $33.2K −10.5% 86 $386 $47.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $289.2K
$14.6M
$9.1M
$4.5M
$3.6M
$2.3M
$909.5K
$602.1K
$496.2K
$453.8K
$289.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%
−37.6%
W1→2
−50.6%
W2→3
−20.0%
W3→4
−35.8%
W4→5
−60.6%
W5→6
−33.8%
W6→7
−17.6%
W7→8
−8.5%
W8→9
−36.3%
W9→10
Steepest −60.6%Best hold −8.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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