A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Krasinski
Screenplay by	Bryan Woods Scott Beck John Krasinski
Story by	Bryan Woods Scott Beck
Produced by	Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller
Starring	Emily Blunt John Krasinski
Cinematography	Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Edited by	Christopher Tellefsen
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Production companies	Platinum Dunes Sunday Night Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09) (SXSW) April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	English American Sign Language
Budget	$17 million[2]
Box office	$341 million[3]

A Quiet Place is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror film directed by John Krasinski. The screenplay was written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods from a story they conceived, with contributions by Krasinski after he joined the project. The plot revolves around a mother (Emily Blunt) and father (Krasinski) who struggle to survive and raise their children (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing.

Beck and Woods developed the concept for the story while in college, and began writing the screenplay in January 2016. They told Platinum Dunes producers that they wanted Blunt for the role of the mother. In July 2016, Krasinski read their script for the role of the father. He spoke with Blunt about his ideas for the story, and she suggested he direct the film. Blunt initially did not take the role, but later felt connected to the story after reading the script. The two collaborated on ideas for the film during pre-production. Krasinski was announced as director, co-writer, and co-star with Blunt in March 2017. Filming took place in upstate New York from May to November 2017.

A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It grossed more than $340 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2018, and received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Blunt won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. It is the first film in the A Quiet Place universe. Its sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, was released in 2021.