Behind Enemy Lines
“His only weapon is his will to survive.”
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
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Part of Behind Enemy Lines Collection
4 films
Cast
44 people
Owen Wilson
Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
Known for
Loki
Cars
Gene Hackman
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Gabriel Macht
Lt. Jeremy 'Smoke' Stackhouse
Known for
Suits
The Spirit
Olek Krupa
General Miroslav Lokar
Known for
Home Alone 3
The Italian Job
Vladimir Mashkov
Tracker (Sasha)
Known for
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Three Seconds
Marko Igonda
Bazda
Also in
Scumbag
Dark Spirits
David Keith
Master Chief Tom O'Malley
Known for
Firestarter
Raise Your Voice
Charles Malik Whitfield
Capt. Glen Rodway, USMC
Known for
Beauty in Black
Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong
Eyal Podell
Petty Officer Kennedy
Known for
Defying Gravity
Deep Blue Sea
Joaquim de Almeida
Admiral Juan-Miguel Piquet, Commander of NATO Naval Command
Known for
Warrior Nun
Desperado
Geoff Pierson
Admiral Donnelly
Known for
Dexter
Designated Survivor
Kamil Kollárik
Babic ('Ice Cube')
Also in
Evil
Ultimátum
John Moore Director · David Veloz Screenplay Zak Penn Screenplay
Worldwide gross $92M · Budget $40M · United States release November 30, 2001
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$91,753,202
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Davis Entertainment
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · Serbo-Croatian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · November 17, 2001
Premiere · San Diego, California
United States · November 30, 2001
Theatrical
United States · February 10, 2004
Physical · DVD Release
United States
September 18, 2012 · Physical · Blu-Ray Release
Argentina
April 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Australia
January 31, 2002 · Theatrical
May 29, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Austria
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 2, 2002 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Cyprus
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 31, 2002 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Egypt
March 6, 2002 · Theatrical
Estonia
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Finland
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
France
January 16, 2002 · Theatrical
December 4, 2025 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
January 31, 2002 · Theatrical
Greece
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
January 3, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 24, 2002 · Theatrical
Iceland
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Israel
January 11, 2002 · Premiere
January 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Italy
January 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
March 9, 2002 · Theatrical
Kuwait
April 23, 2002 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Norway
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Peru
January 31, 2002 · Theatrical
Philippines
January 8, 2002 · Premiere · Manila
January 16, 2002 · Theatrical · Davao
Poland
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Romania
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Russia
January 24, 2002 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 5, 2005 · TV
South Africa
February 8, 2002 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 13, 2001 · Premiere · Lucia Movie Night
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 31, 2002 · Theatrical
Taiwan
January 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 4, 2002 · Theatrical
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