The Net
“Her driver's license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED.”
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Net performed
Budget
$22.0M
Worldwide Gross
$110.6M
Gross Profit
$88.6M
Return
5.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Angela Bennett
Sandra Bullock
Angela Bennett
Jack Devlin
Jeremy Northam
Jack Devlin
Dr. Alan Champion
Dennis Miller
Dr. Alan Champion
Imposter Angela (Ruth Marx)
Wendy Gazelle
Imposter Angela (Ruth Marx)
Mrs. Bennett
Diane Baker
Mrs. Bennett
Michael Bergstrom
Ken Howard
Michael Bergstrom
Dale Hessman
Ray McKinnon
Dale Hessman
WNN Anchor
Daniel Schorr
WNN Anchor
Public Defender
L. Scott Caldwell
Public Defender
Ben Phillips
Robert Gossett
Ben Phillips
1st Nurse
Kristina Krofft
1st Nurse
Mexican Doctor
Tony Perez
Mexican Doctor
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