Maximum Overdrive
“Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!”
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
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Cast
26 people
Emilio Estevez
Bill Robinson
Known for
The Breakfast Club
Young Guns
Bob Gunter
Coach
Pat Hingle
Hendershot
Known for
Batman
The Land Before Time
Laura Harrington
Brett
Known for
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
The Devil's Advocate
Yeardley Smith
Connie
Known for
The Simpsons
As Good as It Gets
John Short
Curt
Known for
Christmas with the Kranks
Diggstown
Ellen McElduff
Wanda June
Known for
Homicide: Life on the Street
Chinese Coffee
J.C. Quinn
Duncan
Known for
The Abyss
Days of Thunder
Christopher Murney
Camp Loman
Known for
The Civil War
Barton Fink
Holter Graham
Deke
Known for
Fly Away Home
Offspring
Frankie Faison
Handy
Known for
The Wire
Banshee
Pat Miller
Joe
Also in
Raw Deal
Terror in the Night
Stephen King Director · Armando Nannuzzi Cinematographer Evan A. Lottman Editor
Worldwide gross $7.4M · Budget $10M · United States release July 25, 1986
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
DEG
Production
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · July 13, 1986
Theatrical
United States · July 25, 1986
Theatrical
Argentina
November 19, 1987 · Theatrical
Australia
November 6, 1986 · Theatrical
Austria
November 21, 1986 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 25, 1986 · Theatrical
Canada
April 10, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Colombia
June 17, 1987 · Theatrical
Finland
June 9, 1989 · Physical
France
November 25, 1987 · Theatrical
Germany
November 20, 1986 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
February 11, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
August 7, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
October 10, 1986 · Theatrical
Japan
July 11, 1987 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 4, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 2, 1987 · Theatrical
Poland
April 17, 2009 · TV
Portugal
February 1, 1988 · Premiere · Fantasporto Film Festival
February 26, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
June 16, 1989 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
January 30, 1987 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 24, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 9, 1987 · Theatrical
October 21, 1988 · Physical
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