Point Break
100% pure adrenaline.
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson.I.sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $84M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Point Break actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Point Break appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #32
Placed at #32 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Point Break returned 3.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $24M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $84M
- Release date
- Jul 12, 1991
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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