Breakdown
“It could happen to you.”
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action
Studio
The De Laurentiis Company
Language
en
Status
Released
How Breakdown performed
Budget
$36.0M
Worldwide Gross
$50.2M
Gross Profit
$14.2M
Return
1.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jeff Taylor
Kurt Russell
Jeff Taylor
Warren 'Red' Barr
J.T. Walsh
Warren 'Red' Barr
Amy Taylor
Kathleen Quinlan
Amy Taylor
Earl
M.C. Gainey
Earl
Billy
Jack Noseworthy
Billy
Sheriff Boyd
Rex Linn
Sheriff Boyd
Al
Ritch Brinkley
Al
Arleen Barr
Moira Sinise
Arleen Barr
Deputy Len Carver
Kim Robillard
Deputy Len Carver
Calhoun
Thomas Kopache
Calhoun
Bartender
Jack McGee
Bartender
Deke Barr
Vincent Berry
Deke Barr
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