<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $45 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $102.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> U.S. Marshals is a 1998 American action crime thriller film directed by Stuart Baird . The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Roy Huggins and John Pogue . The film is a spin - off to the 1993 motion picture The Fugitive, which in turn was based on the television series of the same name, created by Huggins . The story does not involve the character of Dr. Richard Kimble, portrayed by Harrison Ford in the initial film, but instead the plot centers on United States Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard, once again played by Tommy Lee Jones . The plot follows Gerard and his team as they pursue another fugitive, Mark Warren, played by Wesley Snipes, who attempts to escape government officials following an international conspiracy scandal . The cast features Robert Downey, Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, and LaTanya Richardson, several of whom portrayed Deputy Marshals in the previous film . </P> <P> The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Warner Bros. and Kopelson Entertainment . Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Warner Bros. and by the Warner Home Video division for home media markets . On March 10, 1998, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the Varèse Sarabande music label . The soundtrack was composed and orchestrated by musician Jerry Goldsmith . </P>

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