Chronicle (film)

Chronicle
In front of a cloudy sky, three silhouettes of young men float high above Seattle, Washington.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJosh Trank
Screenplay byMax Landis
Story by
  • Josh Trank
  • Max Landis
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMatthew Jensen
Edited byElliot Greenberg
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
Running time
83 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[2]
Box office$126.6 million[3]

Chronicle is a 2012 American found footage superhero thriller film directed by Josh Trank (in his directorial debut) with a screenplay by Max Landis from a story they both co-wrote. It follows three Seattle high school seniors, bullied Andrew (Dane DeHaan), his cousin Matt (Alex Russell), and more popular Steve (Michael B. Jordan), who form a bond after gaining telekinetic powers from an unknown object and using them for fun, until Andrew begins going down a darker path.

Chronicle premiered at the Gérardmer Film Festival on January 28, 2012, and released in the United States on February 3, 2012, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $126.6 million at the international box office, against a budget of $15 million. The film received generally positive reviews with praise for the premise, and received a nomination for Best Science Fiction Film at the 39th Saturn Awards.

  1. ^ "Chronicle". British Board of Film Classification. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012. 83m 20s
  2. ^ Steven Zeitchik (October 21, 2011). "'Chronicle': Like 'Paranormal Activity,' but with superpowers?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BOM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).