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Released
1996 · FILM

Broken Arrow

Riley Hale, a disciplined Air Force pilot, must race across Utah’s treacherous canyons to retrieve two stolen nuclear warheads before his renegade co‑pilot unleashes a catastrophic strike.

“Prepare to go ballistic.”

Directed by
John Woo, Gary Hymes
Written by
Graham Yost
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
108 min
ActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins vanishes from radar during training maneuvers, the Air Force discovers that two nuclear warheads have been stolen, and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, becomes the military's only lead in recovering them. Traveling through the remote canyons of Utah, Hale joins forces with park ranger Terry Carmichael to capture Deakins and contain the threat.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 232+ 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 Joe HutshingShot by Peter LevyScored by Hans ZimmerDesigned by Holger GrossSound by Bob BeemerCostumes by Mary MalinVFX by Don Baker

Box Office

1996 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.0× 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

$150.3M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$150.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $70.8M — 47% of worldwide · International: $79.5M (53%)

Opening weekend: $15.6M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $20.4M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,388 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Broken Arrow
  • Operation - Broken Arrowde
  • Nome in codice: Broken Arrowit
  • (Bulgarian)Код 'Счупена стрела
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 5, 1996
  • ColombiaFeb 10, 1996
  • GermanyFeb 15, 1996
  • TürkiyeFeb 23, 1996

Companies

Production20th Century Fox, Mark Gordon Productions, WCG Entertainment Productions

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