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Released
1987 · FILM

Hot Pursuit

She promised him ten days together in paradise. He never dreamed how far he'd have to go.

Directed by
Runtime
93 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Dan Bartlett, a high‑school student, misses the flight intended for him, his affluent girlfriend, and her family en route to a Caribbean vacation during a school break. He travels alone, encountering various characters and misadventures while attempting to catch up with them.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Mitchell SinowayShot by Frank TidyScored by RareviewDesigned by William J Creber

Box Office

1987 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$4.2M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$4.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $4.2M 100% of worldwide · International: $10 (0%)

Opening weekend: $1.5M 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.0M48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 800 theaters

Also known as

  • Danny, immer fünf Minuten zu spätde
  • Mr. Alligator… See you laterde
  • Persecución muy, muy calientees
  • À la poursuite de Lorifr
  • Su e giù per i Caraibiit

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