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Released
1995 · FILM

Hackers

A teenage hacker banned from computers must team up with new allies to expose a deadly virus scheme, all while evading relentless Secret Service agents and the mastermind behind the code.

“Their crime is curiosity.”

Directed by
Iain Softley, Jerry Daly
Written by
Rafael Moreu, Jane Clark
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
105 min
CrimeDramaRomance

Synopsis

A teenager, who was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service and prohibited from using a computer for creating a virus, teams up with new friends to uncover a plot orchestrated by a malicious hacker. As they use their computer skills to gather evidence, they are pursued by both the Secret Service and the sinister computer genius responsible for the virus.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 231+ 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 Chris BlundenShot by Andrzej SekulaScored by Simon BoswellDesigned by John BeardSound by David AndersonCostumes by Roger BurtonStunts by Tom DelmarVFX by Craig Barron

Box Office

1995 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.4× 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

$7.6M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$7.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Hackers - Im Netz des FBIde
  • (English)Hackers
  • (Bulgarian)Хакери
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 25, 1995
  • MexicoSep 15, 1995
  • SpainMar 6, 1996
  • United KingdomMay 3, 1996

Companies

ProductionUnited Artists, Suftley
DistributionChapel Distribution, United Artists, United International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsArtem, Matte World Digital, Moving Picture Company (MPC), The Magic Camera Company
Other companiesPinewood Studios, AFM Lighting, AT&T, Anglia Catering Services, Apple

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