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Released
1992 · FILM

Passenger 57

Airline security expert John Cutter must outwit a ruthless terrorist and his crew aboard a doomed flight, risking every passenger’s life to prevent a catastrophic takeover.

He's an ex-cop with a bad mouth, a bad attitude, and a bad seat. For the terrorists on flight 163 . . . he's very bad news.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
84 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Starz

Synopsis

John Cutter, an airline security specialist returning to work following the death of his wife, finds himself on a flight that is hijacked by the notorious terrorist Charles Rane. Unbeknownst to the hijackers, they are also in for an unexpected challenge in the form of Cutter.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Richard NordShot by Mark IrwinScored by Stanley ClarkeDesigned by Jaymes Hinkle

Box Office

1992 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 2.9× 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

$44.1M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$44.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $10.5M 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.9M32% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,734 theaters

Also known as

  • Passagier 57de
  • Pasajero 57es
  • Passager 57fr
  • Passenger 57 - Terrore ad alta quotait

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