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Released
1974 · FILM

Earthquake

As a massive earthquake devastates Los Angeles, a diverse group of survivors must overcome the destruction and their own differences to stay alive.

“When the big one finally hits L.A.”

Directed by
Mark Robson
Written by
George Fox, Mario Puzo
Runtime
123 min
ActionDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When an earthquake of unprecedented magnitude strikes Los Angeles, California, a group of interconnected individuals must navigate the chaos and work to survive the disaster.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 Dorothy SpencerShot by Philip H LathropScored by John WilliamsDesigned by Alexander Golitzen

Box Office

1974 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× 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

$79.7M

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$79.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Erdbebende
  • Terremotoes
  • Tremblement de terrefr
  • Terremotoit

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