Destroyer (2018 film)

Destroyer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKaryn Kusama
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJulie Kirkwood
Edited byPlummy Tucker
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
  • 30West
  • Automatik Entertainment
Distributed byAnnapurna Pictures
Release dates
  • August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) (Telluride)
  • December 25, 2018 (2018-12-25) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9–12.4 million[2][3]
Box office$5.6 million[4]

Destroyer is a 2018 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Karyn Kusama, written and co-produced by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and starring Nicole Kidman with Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, and Sebastian Stan. The film follows a former undercover police officer (Kidman), who takes revenge against members of a gang, years after her case was blown.

The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and was released in the United States on December 25, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures. It received generally positive response from critics, who mainly praised Kidman's performance, but was a box-office disappointment, grossing $5.6 million on a $9–12.4 million budget. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Kidman was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.

  1. ^ "Destroyer". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Smallwood, Christine (December 20, 2018). "The Filmmaker Karyn Kusama Explores the Many Dimensions of Women's Rage". The New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Feature Films: A Profile of Production" (PDF). FilmL.A.: 25. March 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Destroyer (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 26, 2019.