Breakdown
It could happen to you.
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down.Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help.
- Director
- Jonathan Mostow
- Worldwide
- $50M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Breakdown returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $36M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $50M
- Release date
- May 2, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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