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Released
2011 · FILM

The Darkest Hour

A group of five Moscow youths must rally to shut down an extraterrestrial power grid and halt a deadly alien invasion before humanity’s last light is extinguished.

“Survive the holidays”

Directed by
Chris Gorak
Written by
Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
89 min
ActionAdventureHorror
Streaming on
  • BritBox

Synopsis

In Moscow, five young individuals take the lead in fighting against an alien species that has invaded Earth through its power supply.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Priscilla Nedd FriendlyShot by Scott KevanScored by Tyler BatesDesigned by Valeriy Viktorov

Box Office

2011 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$64.6M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$64.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $21.4M — 33% of worldwide · International: $43.2M (67%)

Opening weekend: $3.0M — 14% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $9.0M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,324 theaters

Also known as

  • Darkest Hourde
  • The Darkest Hourde
  • L'ora nerait

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