The Towering Inferno
“One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense.”
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Towering Inferno performed
Budget
$14.0M
Worldwide Gross
$116.0M
Gross Profit
$102.0M
Return
8.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$15M
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
Chief O'Hallorhan
Steve McQueen
Chief O'Hallorhan
Doug Roberts
Paul Newman
Doug Roberts
Jim Duncan
William Holden
Jim Duncan
Susan
Faye Dunaway
Susan
Harlee Claiborne
Fred Astaire
Harlee Claiborne
Patty
Susan Blakely
Patty
Simmons
Richard Chamberlain
Simmons
Lisolette
Jennifer Jones
Lisolette
Jernigan
O. J. Simpson
Jernigan
Senator Parker
Robert Vaughn
Senator Parker
Bigelow
Robert Wagner
Bigelow
Lorrie
Susan Flannery
Lorrie
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