Game Night (film)

Game Night
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written byMark Perez
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBarry Peterson
Edited by
Music byCliff Martinez
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$37 million[2]
Box office$117.7 million[2]

Game Night is a 2018 American black action comedy film[3][4] directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and written by Mark Perez. It stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and follows a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life mystery after one of them is kidnapped. The film's supporting cast includes Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, and Kyle Chandler.

Warner Bros. Pictures released the film on February 23, 2018. It was a commercial and critical success, grossing $117 million worldwide and receiving praise for its originality, humor, script, and performances. Plemons was nominated for the Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor.

  1. ^ "GAME NIGHT (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Game Night (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "'Game Night' Film Review: Winning Action-Comedy Passes Go, Collects $200". TheWrap. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ^ "'Game Night' is an action comedy that delivers laughs, twists — and plenty of blood". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 February 2018.