I Am Number Four (film)

I Am Number Four
Theatrical release poster
Directed byD. J. Caruso
Screenplay by
Based onI Am Number Four
by Pittacus Lore
Produced byMichael Bay
Starring
CinematographyGuillermo Navarro
Edited by
  • Vince Filippone
  • Jim Page
Music byTrevor Rabin
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures[a]
Release date
  • February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)
Running time
109 minutes[4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50–59 million[5]
Box office$149.9 million[6]

I Am Number Four is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, and Callan McAuliffe. The screenplay, by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Marti Noxon, is based on the 2010 novel of the same name, one of the Lorien Legacies young adult science fiction novels. The film follows a teenage alien on Earth fleeing other aliens who are hunting him down.

Produced by Michael Bay, I Am Number Four was the first film production from DreamWorks Pictures to be released by Touchstone Pictures, as part of the studio's 2009 distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[1] The Hollywood Reporter estimated the budget to be between $50 million and $60 million. The film was released in both conventional and IMAX theatres on February 18, 2011, received generally negative reviews, but was a box-office success, grossing $149.9 million against a budget of $50‒59 million.[7] All plans for a sequel were cancelled due to the film's poor performance. A reboot, produced by Neal H. Moritz, with Gough and Millar returning to write, is currently in the works.

  1. ^ a b c McClintock, Pamela (February 17, 2011). "'I Am Number Four' Likely to Rank No. 1 at Box Office This Weekend". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "I Am Number Four (2011)". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Eller, Claudia (February 10, 2009). "DreamWorks gets Disney cash in distribution deal". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "I AM NUMBER FOUR (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. February 2, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Fritz, Ben; Kaufman, Amy (February 17, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'I Am Number Four' to be No. 1 at holiday weekend box office [Updated]". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
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