Tropic Thunder
“Get Some.”
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Genres
Action, Comedy, War
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Tropic Thunder performed
Budget
$92.0M
Worldwide Gross
$195.7M
Gross Profit
$103.7M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$26M
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Tugg Speedman
Ben Stiller
Tugg Speedman
Kirk Lazarus
Robert Downey Jr.
Kirk Lazarus
Jeff Portnoy
Jack Black
Jeff Portnoy
Kevin Sandusky
Jay Baruchel
Kevin Sandusky
Alpa Chino
Brandon T. Jackson
Alpa Chino
Tran
Brandon Soo Hoo
Tran
Rick Peck
Matthew McConaughey
Rick Peck
Les Grossman
Tom Cruise
Les Grossman
Four Leaf Tayback
Nick Nolte
Four Leaf Tayback
Cody
Danny McBride
Cody
Damien Cockburn
Steve Coogan
Damien Cockburn
Rob Slolom
Bill Hader
Rob Slolom
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