Into the Wild
“Into the heart. Into the soul.”
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Genres
Adventure, Drama
Studio
River Road Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Into the Wild performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$56.3M
Gross Profit
$41.3M
Return
3.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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
Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
Emile Hirsch
Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
Billie McCandless
Marcia Gay Harden
Billie McCandless
Walt McCandless
William Hurt
Walt McCandless
Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
Jena Malone
Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
Rainey
Brian H. Dierker
Rainey
Jan Burres
Catherine Keener
Jan Burres
Wayne Westerberg
Vince Vaughn
Wayne Westerberg
Tracy Tatro
Kristen Stewart
Tracy Tatro
Ronald "Ron" Franz
Hal Holbrook
Ronald "Ron" Franz
Mads
Thure Lindhardt
Mads
Sonja
Signe Egholm Olsen
Sonja
Jim Gallien
Jim Gallien
Jim Gallien
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