Opening Weekend: $15,833,592 (USA) (4 October 1998)
Gross: $55,350,897 (USA) (27 December 1998)
Cast
Actor
Character
Robin Williams
Chris Nielsen
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Albert Lewis
Annabella Sciorra
Annie Collins-Nielsen
Max von Sydow
The Tracker
Jessica Brooks Grant
Marie Nielsen
Josh Paddock
Ian Nielsen
Rosalind Chao
Leona
Lucinda Jenney
Mrs. Jacobs
Maggie McCarthy
Stacey Jacobs
Wilma Bonet
Angie
Matt Salinger
Reverend Hanley
Carin Sprague
Best Friend Cindy
June Carryl
Woman in Car Accident (as June Lomena)
Paul P. Card IV
Paramedic
Werner Herzog
Face
Clara Thomas
Little Girl at Lake
Benjamin Brock
Little Boy at Lake
Joe Bartnick
Warehouse worker (uncredited)
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
James Cotner
Weary Warrior (uncredited)
Jared Dorrance
Little Boy on Dock (uncredited)
London Freeman
Kid by the Dock (uncredited)
Alexander Kanellakos
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Phaedra Neitzel
Angel (uncredited)
Tom O'Reilly
Devil (Hell Scene) (uncredited)
Nancy Dobbs Owen
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Kellan Patrick
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Paradox Pollack
Hellion in the Sea of Faces (uncredited)
Vanessa Ross
Angel Child (uncredited)
Scott Trimble
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
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Trivia
Annabella Sciorra initially had no desire to appear in the film, thinking that it would be too intense and sad. A read-through with Robin Williams convinced her otherwise.
The original prints of the film, which were stored at a video vault in Universal Studios Hollywood's backlot, were lost in the June 1st, 2008 backlot fire.
During the flashback when Chris is talking to his son in the rain, standing next to a tree, Ian's hair switches between being plastered across his forehead to just one side between several shots.
When Annie and Chris are reunited in Heaven, as they are facing each other talking, Annie's hair is in her face. The shot briefly changes, and when it returns her hair is fixed.