Volcano
“It's hotter than hell.”
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
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Cast
119 people
Tommy Lee Jones
Mike Roark
Known for
Men in Black
No Country for Old Men
Anne Heche
Dr. Amy Barnes
Known for
The Legend of Korra
Six Days Seven Nights
Gaby Hoffmann
Kelly Roark
Known for
Zero Day
Wild
Don Cheadle
Emmit Reese
Known for
Iron Man 3
Crash
Jacqueline Kim
Dr. Jaye Calder
Known for
Disclosure
Advantageous
Keith David
Lt. Ed Fox
Known for
Hazbin Hotel
They Live
John Corbett
Norman Calder
Known for
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Sex and the City
Michael Rispoli
Gator Harris
Known for
The Deuce
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
John Carroll Lynch
Stan Olber
Known for
The Founder
Shutter Island
Marcello Thedford
Kevin
Known for
Dangerous Minds
Employee of the Month
Laurie Lathem
Rachel
Also in
Reservoir Dogs
The Doctor
Bert Kramer
L.A. Fire Chief
Known for
Bloody Birthday
Rover Dangerfield
Mick Jackson Director · Billy Ray Screenplay Jerome Armstrong Screenplay
Worldwide gross $123M · Budget $90M · United States release April 25, 1997
Box office
Budget
$90,000,000
Worldwide gross
$122,823,468
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
Production
Neal H. Moritz Productions
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish
Release dates
United States · April 25, 1997
Theatrical
Australia
June 19, 1997 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 4, 1997 · Theatrical
France
August 27, 1997 · Theatrical
February 20, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
September 29, 2026 · TV · 6ter
Germany
October 2, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 8, 1998 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 3, 1997 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 29, 1997 · Theatrical
March 2, 2000 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
October 3, 1997 · Theatrical
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