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Released
1990 · FILM

Tremors

When disgruntled handymen Val and Earl try to flee the isolated desert town of Perfection, a nightmarish, unseen predator begins slaughtering its residents and cutting off every escape route. To survive, they must outwit the relentless creature and find a way out before the town becomes its next victim.

“They say there's nothing new under the sun. But under the ground…”

Directed by
Ron Underwood, Joe Camp Iii
Written by
S S Wilson, Brent Maddock
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
96 min
ComedyHorror
Streaming on
  • Fubo
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 160+ 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 O Nicholas BrownShot by Alexander GruszynskiScored by Ernest TroostDesigned by Ivo CristanteSound by Richard L AndersonCostumes by Abigail Murray

Box Office

1990 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.4× 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

$48.6M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$48.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $16.7M — 34% of worldwide · International: $31.9M (66%)

Opening weekend: $3.7M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $4.8M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,472 theaters

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Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Im Land der Raketenwürmerde
  • Tremors - Im Land der Raketenwürmerde
  • Tremors – Im Land der Raketen-Würmerde
  • Tremors - Tremoriit
  • (Croatian)Podrhtavanje
  • (Bulgarian)Трусове
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 19, 1990
  • NetherlandsMar 25, 1990
  • AustraliaApr 12, 1990
  • ArgentinaMay 10, 1990

Companies

ProductionWilson-Maddock Productions, Universal Pictures, No Frills Films, Stampede Entertainment
DistributionUniversal Pictures, United International Pictures (UIP)
Special effects4-Ward Productions, Illusion Arts, Fantasy II Film Effects, Art Brewer Special Effects, International Special Effects
Other companiesCarriage House Studios, Castle Oaks Productions, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Cinema Research, Deluxe

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