The Rock
Alcatraz. Only one man has ever broken out. Now five million lives depend on two men breaking in.
When vengeful General Francis X.Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $335M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
30 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Rock actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Rock appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Rock returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $335M
- Release date
- Jun 7, 1996
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- 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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