The Guardian
“How do you decide who lives or who dies?”
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Guardian performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$95.0M
Gross Profit
$85.0M
Return
9.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$13M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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 Randall
Kevin Costner
Ben Randall
Jake Fischer
Ashton Kutcher
Jake Fischer
Helen Randall
Sela Ward
Helen Randall
Emily Thomas
Melissa Sagemiller
Emily Thomas
Ken Weatherly
Dulé Hill
Ken Weatherly
Manny
Bryce Cass
Manny
Carl Billings
Omari Hardwick
Carl Billings
Capt. William Hadley
Clancy Brown
Capt. William Hadley
Jack Skinner
Neal McDonough
Jack Skinner
Benny Partida
Benny Ciaramello
Benny Partida
Cate Lindsey
Shelby Fenner
Cate Lindsey
Danny Doran
Peter Gail
Danny Doran
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