Midway (2019 film)

Midway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoland Emmerich
Written byWes Tooke
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobby Baumgartner
Edited byAdam Wolfe
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)
Running time
138 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
  • China
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget$100 million[3]
Box office$127.4 million[4]

Midway is a 2019 war film directed by Roland Emmerich, who also produced the film with Harald Kloser, and was written by Wes Tooke. The film is about the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II, starring Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Tadanobu Asano, Darren Criss, and Woody Harrelson.

The film was a passion project of Emmerich's, and he had trouble getting financial support for the film before finally raising sufficient funds and officially announcing the project in 2017. Much of the cast joined in 2018, and filming began in Hawaii. Some filming also took place in Montreal. With a production budget of $100 million, it is to date one of the most expensive independent films of all time.

Midway was theatrically released by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment in the United States on November 8, 2019 and received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals but criticized the screenplay. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing only $126 million worldwide against the $100 million budget.[5]

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  2. ^ "Catalogue - Elevation Pictures". Elevation Pictures. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Pamela McClintock (November 8, 2019). "Box Office: 'Midway' Downs 'Doctor Sleep' in Surprise Upset". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ "Midway (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Biggest Box Office Hits and Flops of 2019". Variety. December 23, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.