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Released
1987 · FILM

Innerspace

A daring test pilot miniaturized inside an unsuspecting man must convince his host to help locate a former lover who holds the key to extracting him before his dwindling oxygen runs out, all while evading ruthless criminals seeking the technology.

“An adventure of incredible proportions.”

Directed by
Joe Dante, Carol Green
Written by
Jeffrey Boam, Chip Proser
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
120 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 424+ 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 Kent BeydaShot by Andrew LaszloScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by James H SpencerSound by Mark A ManginiCostumes by Rosanna NortonStunts by Glenn Randall JrVFX by Dennis Muren

Box Office

1987 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 1.0× 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

$25.9M

Budget$27.0M
Worldwide gross$25.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.9M — 100% of worldwide · International: $6K (0%)

Opening weekend: $4.7M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $10.0M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,603 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Reise ins Ichde
  • L'Aventure intérieurefr
  • Salto nel buioit

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