Reign of Fire (film)

Reign of Fire
A dragon flying over the British Houses of Parliament breathing fire on the city below.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRob Bowman
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Gregg Chabot
  • Kevin Peterka
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdrian Biddle
Edited by
Music byEdward Shearmur
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • 12 July 2002 (2002-07-12)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[2]
Box office$82.2 million[2]

Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler with the screenplay written by Matt Greenberg, Gregg Chabot, and Kevin Peterka.

The film is set in England in the year 2020, twenty years after a London Underground tunneling project inadvertently awakened dragons from centuries of slumber and the creatures have subsequently replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth. With the fate of mankind at stake, two surviving parties, led by Quinn Abercromby (Bale) and Denton Van Zan (McConaughey), find that they must work together to hunt down and destroy the beasts in a desperate attempt to take back the world.

The film was released by Touchstone Pictures on 12 July 2002. Upon release, it received generally mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office, grossing far less than expected, only $82 million on a $60 million budget.[3]

  1. ^ "REIGN OF FIRE | British Board of Film Classification". BBFC.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b Reign of fire at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ "Reign of Fire (2002)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 10 October 2011.