The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway is a 1994 crime film directed by Roger Donaldson. The screenplay was written by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones, based on Jim Thompson’s 1958 novel of the same name. The film stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, with Michael Madsen, James Woods, and Jennifer Tilly in supporting roles. Carter "Doc" McCoy and his wife Carol are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy arrives to propose they break a Mexican drug lord's nephew out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out the drug lord wanted his
Getaway (film) to December 6, 2013. Getaway opened in 2,130 theaters in North America and grossed $4,503,892 with an average of $2,115 per theater and ranking 9th at the box office. The film dropped 56% in its second weekend and grossed $2,808,134 in 2,135 theaters with an average of $1,315 per theater. After 35 days in theaters the film earned $10,501,938 domestically and $1,304,494 internationally for a total of $11,806,432, below its production budget of $18 million. "Variety" magazine listed "Getaway" as one of "Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013". "Getaway" was considered to be one of the worst films of