<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $60 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $219.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy - drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta - Jones . The film is about a man who becomes stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot return to his native country because of a military coup . </P> <P> The film is partially inspired by the 18 - year stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in Terminal 1 of Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, from 1988 to 2006 . </P>

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