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World War Z(2013)
Released
2013 · FILM

World War Z

Former UN investigator Gerry Lane joins a desperate mission to find the origin of a deadly zombie virus, risking everything to save his family and the world before it's too late.

“There will come a day when the world we know will end.”

Directed by
Marc Forster, Nicole Chapman
Written by
Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
116 min
ActionAdventureHorror

Synopsis

Former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane appears to lead a contented family life until a mysterious infection spreads, turning entire human populations into aggressive, mindless zombies. After narrowly escaping the ensuing chaos, Lane is convinced to undertake a mission to investigate the disease. He then embarks on a hazardous worldwide journey, confronting severe dangers and low odds in an effort to discover answers before civilization collapses.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 472+ 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 Roger BartonShot by Ben SeresinScored by Marco BeltramiDesigned by Nigel PhelpsSound by Erik AadahlCostumes by Mayes C Rubeo

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× 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

$531.9M

Budget$200.0M
Worldwide gross$531.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $202.4M — 38% of worldwide · International: $329.5M (62%)

Opening weekend: $66.4M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $93.9M — 46% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,607 theaters

Re-release box office

202180 theaters
$795K($970K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • Unrated Edition· 123 min

Also known as

  • World War Zde
  • Guerra mundial Zes
  • (Croatian)Svjetski rat Z
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United KingdomJun 2, 2013
  • FranceJun 15, 2013
  • SerbiaJun 18, 2013
  • EgyptJun 19, 2013
  • IndonesiaJun 19, 2013

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Skydance Media, Hemisphere Media Capital, GK Films, Plan B Entertainment
DistributionParamount Pictures, Paramount Pictures UK, B&H Film Distribution, Central Partnership
Special effectsHalon Entertainment, Unit Eleven Digital Production Services, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Cinesite, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Other companiesWavevend Communications, ARRI, Abbey Road Studios, Above the Line Set Assistance & Security, British Grove Studios

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