
The Hitcher

Never pick up strangers.
Rating: 5.9 out of 10TMDB(1K votes)
Overview
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.
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Box office
Grossed $25.4M worldwide, about 2.5 times its $10M budget
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Based on
Based on The Hitcher
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Mexico
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Setting
Set in New Mexico
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Music
Music by Steve Jablonsky
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Eric RedScreenplay
- Eric BerntScreenplay
- Jake Wade WallScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 19, 2007
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $25.4M
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
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In the United States
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