The Abyss
“When you get there, you will understand.”
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Genres
Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Studio
20th Century Fox
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Abyss performed
Budget
$43.0M
Worldwide Gross
$90.0M
Gross Profit
$47.0M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$10M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) 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
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Lindsey Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Michael Biehn
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
Leo Burmester
Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
Jammer Willis
John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis
Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Bendix
Chris Elliott
Bendix
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
J.C. Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
Lew Finler
Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.
Lew Finler
Wilhite
George Robert Klek
Wilhite
Schoenick
Christopher Murphy
Schoenick
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