<P> With an $80 million production budget, Face / Off made heavy use of action set pieces including several violent shootouts and a boat chase filmed in the Los Angeles area . The boat scene at the end of the film was shot in San Diego . </P> <P> Calling the brothers Castor and Pollux is a reference to Greek mythology; Castor and Pollux are the twins transformed by Zeus into the constellation Gemini . </P> <P> Face / Off was released in North America on June 27, 1997 and earned $23,387,530 on its opening weekend, ranking number one in the domestic box office . It went on to become the 11th highest domestic and 14th worldwide grossing film of 1997, earning a domestic total of $112,276,146 and $133,400,000 overseas for a total of worldwide gross of $245,676,146 . It was a box office hit . It also became Woo's highest - grossing American film . </P> <P> The Region 1 DVD of Face / Off was one of the first films to be released on the format on October 7, 1998 . A 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD was released on September 11, 2007 and the now - defunct HD DVD on October 30, 2007 in the United States . The new DVD is a 2 - disc set including 7 deleted scenes, an alternate ending, and several featurettes . </P>

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