Romancing the Stone
“She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.”
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
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2 films
Cast
31 people
Michael Douglas
Jack T. Colton
Known for
Ant-Man
The Game
Kathleen Turner
Joan Wilder
Known for
Marley & Me
The Virgin Suicides
Danny DeVito
Ralph
Known for
Batman Returns
The Lorax
Zack Norman
Ira
Known for
Cadillac Man
Mojave Moon
Alfonso Arau
Juan
Known for
Coco
¡Three Amigos!
Manuel Ojeda
Zolo
Known for
Por ella soy Eva
Storm Over Paradise
Holland Taylor
Gloria
Known for
Two and a Half Men
The Truman Show
Mary Ellen Trainor
Elaine
Known for
Roswell
Lethal Weapon 3
Eve Smith
Mrs. Irwin
Also in
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Who's Harry Crumb?
Joe Nesnow
Super
Also in
Thief of Hearts
Point Pleasant
José Chávez
Santos
Known for
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Robinson Crusoe
Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Hefty Woman
Known for
Don't Mess with the Angel
Contra viento y marea
Robert Zemeckis Director · Diane Thomas Writer Alan Silvestri Composer
Worldwide gross $87M · Budget $10M · United States release March 30, 1984
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$86,572,238
Gross vs. budget
8.7×
Production
SLM Production Group
Production
Nina Saxon Film Design
Production
El Corazon Producciones S.A.
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States · Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Spanish
Release dates
United States · March 30, 1984
Theatrical
Australia
August 24, 1984 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 16, 1984 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 14, 1984 · Theatrical
France
July 4, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
November 30, 1984 · Theatrical
Greece
November 30, 1984 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 20, 1986 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 17, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
September 7, 1984 · Theatrical
Japan
October 20, 1984 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 9, 1984 · Theatrical
February 16, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
September 1, 2004 · Physical · DVD
October 8, 2008 · Physical · Blu ray
Philippines
October 23, 1988 · TV · RPN 9
Portugal
July 24, 1984 · Theatrical
Russia
March 1, 1989 · Theatrical
Slovakia
January 11, 1997 · TV · TV Markíza
South Korea
September 8, 1984 · Theatrical
Spain
August 2, 1984 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 21, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 24, 1984 · Theatrical
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