Contagion
“Nothing spreads like fear.”
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Studio
Participant
Language
en
Status
Released
How Contagion performed
Budget
$60.0M
Worldwide Gross
$137.6M
Gross Profit
$77.6M
Return
2.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$20M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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
Leonora Orantes
Marion Cotillard
Leonora Orantes
Mitch Emhoff
Matt Damon
Mitch Emhoff
Ellis Cheever
Laurence Fishburne
Ellis Cheever
Alan Krumwiede
Jude Law
Alan Krumwiede
Erin Mears
Kate Winslet
Erin Mears
Ally Hextall
Jennifer Ehle
Ally Hextall
Beth Emhoff
Gwyneth Paltrow
Beth Emhoff
Lyle Haggerty
Bryan Cranston
Lyle Haggerty
Ian Sussman
Elliott Gould
Ian Sussman
Sun Feng
Chin Han
Sun Feng
Roger
John Hawkes
Roger
Jory Emhoff
Anna Jacoby-Heron
Jory Emhoff
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