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Released
2018 · FILM

Adrift

A determined sailor fights against a relentless storm‑torn ocean to navigate a crippled yacht and keep her dying lover alive, racing toward the distant shores of Hawaii before hope drifts away.

Directed by
Baltasar Kormakur
Written by
Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
96 min
ActionAdventureBiography
Streaming on
  • Hulu

Synopsis

Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp were unaware that their journey would lead them directly into one of the most devastating hurricanes in recorded history. After the storm, Tami awoke to find Richard severely injured and their boat destroyed. With no possibility of rescue, Tami was forced to summon the strength and resolve necessary to save both herself and the only man she had ever loved.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 John GilbertShot by Robert RichardsonScored by Volker BertelmannDesigned by Heimir Sverrisson

Box Office

2018 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$59.9M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$59.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $31.4M — 52% of worldwide · International: $28.5M (48%)

Opening weekend: $11.6M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $16.7M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,015 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Farbe des Horizontsde
  • A la derivaes
  • À la dérivefr
  • Resta con meit

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