Short Circuit
“Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.”
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Genres
Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
Studio
TriStar Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Short Circuit performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$40.7M
Gross Profit
$30.7M
Return
4.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
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
Stephanie Speck
Ally Sheedy
Stephanie Speck
Newton Crosby
Steve Guttenberg
Newton Crosby
Ben Jabituya
Fisher Stevens
Ben Jabituya
Howard Marner
Austin Pendleton
Howard Marner
Skroeder
G.W. Bailey
Skroeder
Frank
Brian McNamara
Frank
Number 5 (voice)
Tim Blaney
Number 5 (voice)
Duke
Marvin J. McIntyre
Duke
Otis
John Garber
Otis
Mrs. Cepeda
Penny Santon
Mrs. Cepeda
General Washburne
Vernon Weddle
General Washburne
Senator Mills
Barbara Tarbuck
Senator Mills
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