"No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz… and no one ever will!"
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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Budget
$8.0M
$8,000,000
Worldwide Gross
$43.0M
$43,004,381
Net Profit
+$35.0M
+$35,004,381
Return on Investment
+438%
5.0x budget
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