| Race to Witch Mountain | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Andy Fickman |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Matt Lopez |
| Based on | Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key |
| Produced by | Andrew Gunn |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Greg Gardiner |
| Edited by | David Rennie |
| Music by | Trevor Rabin |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million[1] |
| Box office | $106.4 million[2] |
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 American science fiction adventure thriller film directed by Andy Fickman. The film stars Dwayne Johnson alongside AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, and Christopher Marquette.[3]
A reboot of the Witch Mountain franchise, the plot revolves around Jack Bruno, a Las Vegas taxi driver, who must get extraterrestrials Seth and Sara to their spaceship on Witch Mountain before an assassin and several government agents can catch up to them.
Race to Witch Mountain was theatrically released on March 13, 2009, in the United States, through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box-office success, grossing $106.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million.
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