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Released
1997 · FILM

U Turn

A stranded drifter fighting to escape vengeful bookies becomes ensnared in a lethal love triangle, forced to choose between killing the married couple that holds his fate or losing everything.

“Sex. Murder. Betrayal. Everything that makes life worth living.”

Directed by
Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone Nm0000231
Written by
John Ridley, John Root
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
125 min
CrimeDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A desperate man whose car breaks down in a strange desert town while fleeing vengeful bookies becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he is presented with deadly contracts to kill them both.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 155+ 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 Hank CorwinShot by Robert RichardsonScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Victor KempsterSound by Gary AlperCostumes by Beatrix Aruna PasztorStunts by Tierre Turner

Box Office

1997 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.4× 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

$6.7M

Budget$19.0M
Worldwide gross$6.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.7M — 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.7M — 56% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,230 theaters

Also known as

  • U-Turn – Kein Weg zurückde
  • U Turnen
  • U Turn, ici commence l'enferfr
  • U Turn - Inversione di marciait
  • (Bulgarian)Обратен завой
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 27, 1997
  • PhilippinesOct 1, 1997
  • ChileOct 2, 1997
  • CanadaOct 3, 1997

Companies

ProductionPhoenix Pictures, Illusion Entertainment Group, Clyde Is Hungry Films, Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, TriStar Pictures
DistributionSony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Films
Special effectsHammerhead Productions
Other companiesAudio Tracks, BBC Worldwide Americas, City of Superior, Arizona, D. Bassett & Associates, Dr. Pepper-Seven Up

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