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Released
2008 · FILM

Quarantine

A tenacious TV reporter and her cameraman must outwit a deadly viral outbreak that turns their quarantine‑locked office building into a hunting ground, racing against time to survive before the CDC seals their fate.

“On March 11, 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.”

Directed by
John Erick Dowdle, Adam Druxman
Written by
John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
89 min
HorrorSci-FiThriller

Synopsis

A television reporter and her cameraman become trapped inside a building placed under quarantine by the CDC following the outbreak of a mysterious virus that transforms humans into violent, bloodthirsty killers.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 200+ 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 Elliot GreenbergShot by Ken SengDesigned by Jon Gary SteeleSound by Kami AsgarCostumes by Maya LiebermanStunts by Lance GilbertVFX by Raoul Bolognini

Box Office

2008 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× 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

$40.9M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$40.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $31.7M — 78% of worldwide · International: $9.2M (22%)

Opening weekend: $14.2M — 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.4M — 58% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,461 theaters

Also known as

  • Quarantänede
  • En quarantainefr
  • Quarantenait
  • (English)Quarantine
  • (Bulgarian)Карантина
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaOct 10, 2008
  • United StatesOct 10, 2008
  • IrelandOct 23, 2008
  • PeruOct 23, 2008
  • FinlandOct 24, 2008

Companies

ProductionScreen Gems, Vertigo Entertainment, Andale Pictures, Filmax Entertainment, Filmax
DistributionAudio Visual Enterprises, InterComFilm, Sony Pictures Releasing Argentina, Sony Pictures Releasing España, Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)
Special effectsTechnicolor, Almost Human, Zoic Studios
Other companies424 Post, Animals of Distinction, Central Casting, Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Direct Tools & Fasteners

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