Mercury Rising
“Someone knows too much.”
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
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Cast
54 people
Bruce Willis
Art Jeffries
Known for
The Sixth Sense
Die Hard
Alec Baldwin
Nicholas Kudrow
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Beetlejuice
The Boss Baby
Miko Hughes
Simon Lynch
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Apollo 13
Chi McBride
Tommy B. Jordan
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Hawaii Five-0
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Kim Dickens
Stacey
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Fear the Walking Dead
Gone Girl
Robert Stanton
Dean Crandell
Known for
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Mr. Mercedes
Bodhi Elfman
Leo Pedranski
Known for
Touch
Collateral
Carrie Preston
Emily Lang
Known for
True Blood
To the Bone
Lindsey Ginter
Peter Burrell
Known for
S.W.A.T.
Beverly Hills Cop III
Peter Stormare
Shayes
Known for
Prison Break
22 Jump Street
Kevin Conway
Lomax
Known for
Invincible
The Quick and the Dead
John Carroll Lynch
Martin Lynch
Known for
The Founder
Shutter Island
Harold Becker Director · Lawrence Konner Screenplay Mark Rosenthal Screenplay
Worldwide gross $93M · Budget $60M · United States release April 3, 1998
Box office
Budget
$60,000,000
Worldwide gross
$93,100,000
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Mercury Falling · Simon Says · Simon
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 1, 1998
Premiere
United States · April 3, 1998
Theatrical
Argentina
July 2, 1998 · Theatrical
Australia
April 9, 1998 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 29, 1998 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 26, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 30, 1998 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 24, 1998 · Theatrical
Finland
April 24, 1998 · Theatrical
France
May 6, 1998 · Theatrical
September 9, 1999 · Physical · DVD
November 9, 2010 · Physical · Blu-Ray
January 1, 2019 · Digital · VOD
December 14, 2025 · TV · 6ter
March 5, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
May 13, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
May 28, 1998 · Theatrical
Greece
May 21, 1999 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
May 21, 1998 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 30, 1998 · Theatrical
Iceland
July 24, 1998 · Theatrical
Indonesia
June 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 2, 1998 · Theatrical
Israel
May 29, 1998 · Theatrical
Italy
April 30, 1998 · Theatrical
Japan
October 10, 1998 · Theatrical
Kuwait
August 12, 1998 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 26, 1998 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 29, 1998 · Theatrical
New Zealand
July 2, 1998 · Theatrical
Norway
May 15, 1998 · Theatrical
Philippines
June 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Poland
August 14, 1998 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 29, 1998 · Theatrical
Russia
July 23, 1998 · Theatrical · «East-West»
November 21, 2006 · Physical · DVD, «Universal Pictures Rus»
September 21, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray, «Universal Pictures Rus»
Singapore
May 7, 1998 · Theatrical
Slovakia
July 2, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 1, 1998 · Theatrical
Spain
April 22, 1998 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 18, 1998 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 1, 1998 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 27, 1998 · Theatrical
Thailand
May 8, 1998 · Theatrical
Türkiye
June 5, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 2, 1998 · Theatrical
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