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  • Box Office Bomb: Budget, $90 million. Box office, $49,323,468 (domestic), $122,823,468 (worldwide).
  • Creator Killer: Director Mick Jackson's cinematic career was burned alive by this film bombing; he never directed another major cinematic film. It also set writer Billy Ray's career back by 5 years.
  • Dueling Movies: With Dante's Peak. Both were released months apart in early 1997. Volcano is basically Armageddon (1998) to Dante's Peak's Deep Impact.
  • Making Use of the Twin: A girl who is placed in triage care and Tommy, who is being babysat by Kelly are both played by twins.
  • What Could Have Been: Bill Pullman was considered for the role of Mike Roark, but his asking price was too high.

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