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Released
2015 · FILM

The Wave

A determined geologist must race against a towering tsunami unleashed by a collapsing mountain pass to rescue his family and halt the devastation before the 300‑foot wall of water engulfs the entire fjord.

“It was only a matter of time.”

Directed by
Roar Uthaug
Written by
Martin Sundland, John Kare Raake
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
105 min
Language
NO
ActionDramaThriller

Synopsis

A mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses, creating a tsunami over 300 feet high, an event that no one is truly prepared for, despite having been theorized. A geologist finds themselves caught in the midst of the disaster.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 26

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 Christian SiebenherzShot by John Christian RosenlundScored by Magnus BeiteDesigned by Lina Nordqvist

Box Office

2015 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$13.0M

Budget$5.9M
Worldwide gross$13.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • The Wave - Die Todeswellede
  • The Waveen
  • La olaes

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