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Released
1998 · FILM

Deep Impact

A determined journalist uncovers a government conspiracy when she discovers that a Treasury Secretary's secret preparations for survival are linked to an impending global catastrophe.

“Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.”

Directed by
Mimi Leder, K C Colwell
Written by
Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
120 min
ActionDramaSci-Fi

Synopsis

A seven-mile-wide space rock is on a collision course with Earth, posing an existential threat to the planet. In response, the president of the United States takes charge of the global effort to avert disaster. He selects a seasoned astronaut to lead a multinational mission composed of American and Russian crew members, tasked with traveling into space to destroy the comet before it reaches Earth. At the same time, a determined journalist works to uncover the story behind the crisis, using her investigative skills to reveal critical information.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 322+ 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 CichockiShot by Dietrich LohmannScored by James HornerDesigned by Leslie DilleySound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Ruth Myers Nm0616848Stunts by M James Arnett

Box Office

1998 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.7× 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

$349.5M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$349.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $140.5M — 40% of worldwide · International: $209.0M (60%)

Opening weekend: $41.2M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $50.7M — 36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,156 theaters

Full synopsis

Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • MexicoMay 7, 1998
  • CanadaMay 8, 1998
  • United StatesMay 8, 1998
  • GermanyMay 14, 1998
  • HungaryMay 14, 1998

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions

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