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Released
2001 · FILM

Behind Enemy Lines

U.S. Navy flight officer Lieutenant Chris Burnburnet risks court‑martial to divert his carrier jet over a Bosnian demilitarized zone, hoping to capture proof of a secret genocide—only to find himself and his pilot hunted by hostile forces intent on silencing the evidence.

“His only weapon is his will to survive.”

Directed by
John Moore
Written by
Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
106 min
ActionDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

During a routine reconnaissance flight over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett captures an image of something classified, leading to his plane being shot down behind enemy lines. Now on the run from a Serbian army led by a brutal general, Burnett's survival becomes the focus of a high-stakes rescue operation. Facing mounting pressure, his commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, authorizes a covert and unauthorized mission to extract Burnett before it's too late.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 56+ 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 Paul Martin SmithShot by Brendan GalvinScored by Don DavisDesigned by Nathan Crowley

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× 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

$91.8M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$91.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $58.9M — 64% of worldwide · International: $32.9M (36%)

Opening weekend: $18.7M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $23.1M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,770 theaters

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Also known as

  • Im Fadenkreuzde
  • Im Fadenkreuz – Allein gegen allede
  • En territoire ennemifr
  • Behind Enemy Lines - Dietro le linee nemicheit

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