The Towering Inferno domestic rentals of $48,838,000. In January 1976, it was claimed that the film had attained the highest foreign film rental for any film in its initial release with $43 million. When combined with the rentals from the United States and Canada, the worldwide rental is $91,838,000. The film grossed $116 million, and when combined with the foreign film rentals, the worldwide gross is in the region of $200 million. The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. The picture was
Dante's Inferno (1924 film) of the world they played in. The film also features popular comic actor Bud Jamison in blackface as a butler; he is easily recognizable under the makeup, and his initial appearance has caused some laughter by knowledgeable film buffs at its occasional screenings. Some hell scene footage from the film was reused in the 1935 film "Dante's Inferno". For his 1980 sci-fi thriller "Altered States" director Ken Russell intercut borrowed footage from this film with his own digital effects to create a hallucination sequence. Dante's Inferno (1924 film) Dante's Inferno (1924) is a silent film released by Fox Film Corporation,