Stories from the set

The speed shown on the bus's speedometer (digitized in miles per hour) often did not match the bus's actual speed.

When Jack crouches down to comfort Annie, the bus doors are visibly closed, but in the next shot of Jack, the doors are visibly open.

When the bus circles in the airport, the middle doors are visibly open; when Jack approaches them to get off, they are closed, and he pushes them to open.

The role of Jack was offered to Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise, Jeff Bridges and Tom Hanks, but they all turned it down.

Renny Harlin and Quentin Tarantino turned down directing the film.

The film ranked 99th on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 most thrilling films.

During filming, Keanu Reeves accidentally smashed the glass of a bus door, but in the end they decided to keep this episode in the film.

Thirteen buses were used during filming, two of which were blown up.

The model of the bus featured in the film is the GMC New Look.

Jan de Bont cast Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven after seeing him in "Point Break" (1991).