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Captain Phillips(2013)
Released
2013 · FILM

Captain Phillips

When an unarmed cargo captain steers his vessel through pirate‑infested waters off the Horn of Africa, he must outwit a ruthless crew of Somali hijackers to keep his ship and crew from being seized.

“Out here survival is everything.”

Directed by
Paul Greengrass, Tom Brewster
Written by
Billy Ray, Richard Phillips
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
134 min
ActionBiographyCrime
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The film is based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 322+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Christopher RouseShot by Barry AckroydScored by Henry JackmanDesigned by Paul KirbySound by Chris BurdonCostumes by Mark BridgesStunts by Stuart ClarkVFX by Daniel Barrow

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 4.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$218.8M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$218.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $107.1M — 49% of worldwide · International: $111.7M (51%)

Opening weekend: $25.7M — 24% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $36.0M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,020 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Captain Phillipsde
  • Capitaine Phillipsfr
  • Captain Phillips - Attacco in mare apertoit
  • (Bulgarian)Капитан Филипс
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 27, 2013
  • United KingdomOct 9, 2013
  • United Arab EmiratesOct 10, 2013
  • AustraliaOct 10, 2013
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaOct 10, 2013

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions

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