Vertical Limit
Hold your breath.
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help.Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements.But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
- Director
- Martin Campbell
- Worldwide
- $216M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
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Box Office & Release
Vertical Limit returned 2.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $216M
- Release date
- Dec 8, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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