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San Andreas(2015)
Released
2015 · FILM

San Andreas

Caltech seismologist Dr. Lawrence Hayes must race against a cascading series of catastrophic San Andreas quakes to warn and evacuate millions before the fault’s deadly chain reaction destroys the West Coast.

We always knew this day would come.

Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
114 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Following a major earthquake in California, a rescue‑helicopter pilot undertakes a hazardous trek across the state to locate and save his estranged daughter.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 978+ 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 Bob DucsayShot by Steve YedlinScored by Andrew LockingtonDesigned by Barry ChusidSound by Steven GrotheVFX by Eva Abramycheva

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× 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

$474.0M

Budget$110.0M
Worldwide gross$474.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $155.2M 33% of worldwide · International: $318.8M (67%)

Opening weekend: $54.6M 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $72.6M47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,777 theaters

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  • San Andreasde

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