October Sky
“Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.”
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How October Sky performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$34.7M
Gross Profit
$9.7M
Return
1.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
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
Homer Hickam
Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam
John Hickam
Chris Cooper
John Hickam
Quentin Wilson
Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson
Miss Riley
Laura Dern
Miss Riley
Roy Lee
William Lee Scott
Roy Lee
O'Dell
Chad Lindberg
O'Dell
Elsie Hickam
Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam
Ike Bykovsky
Elya Baskin
Ike Bykovsky
Principal Turner
Chris Ellis
Principal Turner
Jim Hickam
Scott Thomas
Jim Hickam
Leon Bolden
Randy Stripling
Leon Bolden
Dorothy Platt
Courtney Cole-Fendley
Dorothy Platt
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