Free Willy 3: The Rescue
“A new friend. A new threat. A new adventure that will capture your heart.”
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.
Genres
Family, Adventure
Studio
Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Free Willy 3: The Rescue performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$3.4M
Gross Profit
−$31.6M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$405K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Family) 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
Jesse
Jason James Richter
Jesse
Randolph Johnson
August Schellenberg
Randolph Johnson
Drew Halbert
Annie Corley
Drew Halbert
Max Wesley
Vincent Berry
Max Wesley
John Wesley
Patrick Kilpatrick
John Wesley
Mary Weslay
Tasha Simms
Mary Weslay
Sanderson
Peter LaCroix
Sanderson
Dineen
Stephen E. Miller
Dineen
Kron
Ian Tracey
Kron
Captain Drake
Matthew Walker
Captain Drake
1st Mate Stevens
Roger Cross
1st Mate Stevens
Pizza Kid
Roman Danylo
Pizza Kid
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