Outbreak
“Try to remain calm.”
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
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Cast
94 people
Dustin Hoffman
Sam Daniels
Known for
Rain Man
Kung Fu Panda
Rene Russo
Robby Keough
Known for
Nightcrawler
The Intern
Morgan Freeman
General Billy Ford
Known for
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
Kevin Spacey
Casey Schuler
Known for
American Beauty
Baby Driver
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Major Salt
Known for
Boyz n the Hood
What Dreams May Come
Donald Sutherland
General Donald McClintock
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Patrick Dempsey
Jimbo Scott
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
Enchanted
Zakes Mokae
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Known for
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Waterworld
Malick Bowens
Dr. Raswani
Known for
Out of Africa
Tears of the Sun
Susan Lee Hoffman
Dr. Lisa Aronson
Known for
Bad Influence
Benito Martinez
Dr. Julio Ruiz
Known for
13 Reasons Why
The Shield
Bruce Jarchow
Dr. Mascelli
Known for
Ghost
Weird Science
Wolfgang Petersen Director · Robert Roy Pool Screenplay Laurence Dworet Screenplay
Worldwide gross $190M · Budget $50M · United States release March 10, 1995
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$189,900,000
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Kopelson Entertainment
Production
Arnold Kopelson Productions
Production
Punch Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Korean
Release dates
United States · March 6, 1995
Premiere · Westwood, California
United States · March 10, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
April 6, 1995 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 30, 1995 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 1, 1995 · Theatrical
France
April 12, 1995 · Theatrical
April 21, 1998 · Physical · DVD
November 30, 2011 · Digital · VOD
December 15, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
March 30, 1995 · Theatrical
April 22, 1998 · Physical · DVD
April 12, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Ireland
April 21, 1995 · Theatrical
Italy
April 13, 1995 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 13, 1995 · Theatrical
June 6, 1998 · Physical · DVD
May 24, 2002 · TV · Yorin
Portugal
April 24, 1995 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 8, 1995 · Theatrical
December 13, 1997 · TV · Markíza
South Korea
April 5, 1995 · Theatrical
Spain
April 7, 1995 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 7, 1995 · Theatrical
November 22, 1995 · Physical · VHS
November 1, 1996 · TV · Filmnet 1
April 25, 1998 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
April 28, 1995 · Theatrical
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