In the years since the movie, the Los Angeles Metro has been working towards extending subway service to Beverly Hills, on the Purple Line, not the Red Line. One of the proposed stops is at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, where they dammed the lava flow along the Miracle Mile.
Roark:
to redirect the lava. Trucks arrive with only 82]Where's the rest of 'em?
Truck driver:
What "rest of 'em?" This is it!
Lt. Fox:
Hey, there only about eighty here!
Truck driver:
Eighty-two; everything else is stuck on the 5 and the 10.
Lt. Fox:
We're trying to keep the city in one piece, pinhead. ...
Live tree roots are in the sewer, even though super-heated fire blasted through it twice.
To attract more viewers the German theatrical version was cut to receive a "Not under 12" rating. The German video release contains the complete version and is rated "Not under 16".
English, Spanish, German
$90,000,000 (estimated)
$14,581,740 27 April 1997
$49,323,468
$122,823,468