Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
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Budget: $200,000,000
Revenue: $791,217,826
ROI: +295.6%
Verdict: Hit
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Directors
> Roland Emmerich (Director) > Laurel Bergman (Assistant Art Director) > Catherine Ircha (Assistant Art Director) > Andrew Li (Assistant Art Director) > Peter Bodnarus (Assistant Art Director) > Dean Semler (Director of Photography) > Don MacAulay (Supervising Art Director) > Andrew M. Robinson (First Assistant Director) > Tommy Gormley (First Assistant Director) > Hans Bjerno (Aerial Director of Photography) > Ken Shane (First Assistant Director) > James Bitonti (First Assistant Director) > Don McCuaig (Second Unit Director of Photography) > Ian Seabrook (Underwater Director of Photography) > Phil Pastuhov (Aerial Director of Photography) > Anna Foerster (Aerial Director of Photography) > Pete Romano (Underwater Director of Photography) > Alena Garetovskaya (Casting Director) > Maileen Williams Matheny (Second Second Assistant Director) > Shaun Moskie (Assistant Director Trainee)
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> Roland Emmerich (Writer) > Harald Kloser (Writer)
