Captive State

For other uses, see Captive State (disambiguation).
Captive State
A bobblehead of a hula dancer stands on top of the dashboard of a wrecked car, with a UFO flying in the background; all appears distorted as if seen through a damaged camera.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRupert Wyatt
Written by
  • Erica Beeney
  • Rupert Wyatt
Produced by
  • David Crockett
  • Rupert Wyatt
Starring
CinematographyAlex Disenhof
Edited byAndrew Groves
Music byRob Simonsen
Production
companies
Distributed byFocus Features
Release date
  • March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$8.8 million

Captive State is a 2019 American science fiction thriller film directed by Rupert Wyatt and co-written by Wyatt and Erica Beeney. The film stars John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker, and Vera Farmiga, and follows a young man who participates in a conspiracy to rebel against an alien race that had invaded Earth and forced strict martial law on all humans almost a decade prior.

Captive State was released in the United States on March 15, 2019, by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $8 million against a $25 million budget.