The Rocketeer
“An Ordinary Man Forced to Become An Extraordinary Hero.”
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Rocketeer performed
Budget
$42.0M
Worldwide Gross
$46.7M
Gross Profit
$4.7M
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
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
Cliff Secord
Billy Campbell
Cliff Secord
Jenny Blake
Jennifer Connelly
Jenny Blake
A. 'Peevy' Peabody
Alan Arkin
A. 'Peevy' Peabody
Neville Sinclair
Timothy Dalton
Neville Sinclair
Eddie Valentine
Paul Sorvino
Eddie Valentine
Howard Hughes
Terry O'Quinn
Howard Hughes
Fitch
Ed Lauter
Fitch
Bigelow
Jon Polito
Bigelow
Wooly
James Handy
Wooly
Lothar / Good Old Boy
Tiny Ron
Lothar / Good Old Boy
Skeets
William Sanderson
Skeets
Millie
Margo Martindale
Millie
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