Explorers
“The adventure begins in your own back yard.”
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure, Family
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Explorers performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.9M
Gross Profit
−$15.1M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) 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
Ben Crandall
Ethan Hawke
Ben Crandall
Wolfgang Müller
River Phoenix
Wolfgang Müller
Darren Woods
Jason Presson
Darren Woods
Lori Swenson
Amanda Peterson
Lori Swenson
Steve Jackson
Bobby Fite
Steve Jackson
Mrs. Müller
Dana Ivey
Mrs. Müller
Mr. Müller
James Cromwell
Mr. Müller
Charlie Drake
Dick Miller
Charlie Drake
Steve Jackson's Gang
Bradley Gregg
Steve Jackson's Gang
Steve Jackson's Gang
Georg Olden
Steve Jackson's Gang
Steve Jackson's Gang
Chance Schwass
Steve Jackson's Gang
Gordon Miller
Meshach Taylor
Gordon Miller
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