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Released
2008 · FILM

Doomsday

Elite soldier Major Eden Sinclair leads a covert strike team into a quarantined Scotland to retrieve a virus cure before the outbreak spreads again, while battling ruthless marauders and a fanatical clan of medieval‑styled survivors who will stop at nothing to protect their new order.

“Mankind has an expiration date.”

Directed by
Neil Marshall, Dale Butler
Written by
Neil Marshall
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
105 min
ActionSci-FiThriller

Synopsis

A deadly virus known as Reaper spreads across Britain, infecting millions and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. The government enforces a strict and ultimately successful quarantine of the country. However, thirty years later, the virus reemerges in a major city. In response, an elite team of specialists is sent into the still-isolated nation to secure a cure at all costs. Cut off from the outside world, the unit must navigate a transformed landscape that has descended into a nightmarish reality.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 285+ 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 Andrew MacritchieShot by Sam MccurdyScored by Tyler BatesDesigned by Simon BowlesSound by Paul CarterCostumes by John Norster

Box Office

2008 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× 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

$22.5M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$22.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $11.0M — 49% of worldwide · International: $11.5M (51%)

Opening weekend: $4.9M — 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $6.7M — 61% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,936 theaters

Also known as

  • Doomsday - Tag der Rachede
  • (English)Doomsday
  • Doomsday - Il giorno del giudizioit
  • (Bulgarian)Денят на прокълнатите
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaMar 14, 2008
  • United StatesMar 14, 2008
  • GreeceMar 20, 2008
  • RussiaMar 27, 2008

Companies

ProductionScion Films, Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures, Crystal Sky Pictures, Moonlighting Films
DistributionRogue Pictures, Alliance Releasing Corporation, Universal Pictures UK, Concorde Filmverleih, Daisy Entertainment
Special effectsDouble Negative (DNEG), The Senate Visual Effects, VFX-Files, Buzz Image Group, Finish
Other companiesCrystal Sky Worldwide, Audiolink Radio Communications, Bonded Services, Casting Collective, DTS, Deluxe

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