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Released
1996 · FILM

Chain Reaction

A brilliant machinist and a physicist on the verge of a clean energy breakthrough are framed for murder and forced to go on the run to recover their stolen technology and clear their names.

Directed by
Andrew Davis
Written by
Arne Schmidt, Rick Seaman
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
107 min
ActionDramaSci-Fi

Synopsis

At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a waste-free energy source. However, a private company wants to exploit the technology, so Kasalivich and physicist Dr. Lily Sinclair are framed for murder, and the fusion device is stolen. On the run from the FBI, they must recover the technology and exonerate themselves.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 239+ 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 Renee BerganShot by Frank TidyScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by Maher Ahmad

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$60.2M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$60.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $21.2M — 35% of worldwide · International: $39.0M (65%)

Opening weekend: $7.5M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $11.2M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,255 theaters

Also known as

  • Ausser Kontrollede
  • Außer Kontrollede
  • Poursuitefr
  • Reazione a catenait

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Production3 Arts Entertainment

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