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Released
1986 · FILM

Quicksilver

“Kevin Bacon is Jack Casey. He traded in his three-piece suit for a ten-speed and the streets.”

Directed by
Thomas Michael Donnelly, Pen Densham
Written by
Thomas Michael Donnelly
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
105 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Jack Casey was once a successful stock market prodigy, but a major professional misstep ended his high-flying career. Struggling to regain his confidence, he takes a job with a San Francisco-based speed delivery company that uses bicycles to navigate the city's traffic. There, he meets Terri, a fellow cyclist, and befriends Hector, an aspiring entrepreneur. As he rebuilds his life, the question remains: can Jack regain his nerve, self-respect, and establish a more stable future?

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 145+ 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 Tom RolfShot by Thomas Del RuthScored by Tony BanksDesigned by Charles RosenSound by John SpeakCostumes by Betsy CoxStunts by Greg Walker

Box Office

1986 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$7.2M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$7.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.6M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.6M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,251 theaters

Also known as

  • (TV Title)Bicicletas Voadoras
  • À toute vitessefr
  • (cable TV title)O Prazer de Ganhar
  • (English)Quicksilver
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesFeb 14, 1986
  • DenmarkJun 30, 1986
  • PortugalSep 26, 1986
  • GermanyOct 1, 1986
  • FinlandOct 3, 1986

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Delphi V Productions, IndieProd Company Productions
DistributionColumbia Pictures, Columbia International Films, Columbia-Warner Filmes de Portugal, RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video
Other companiesInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Panavision, Segue Music, The Sound Choice

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