Sanctum (film)

Sanctum
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlister Grierson
Written by
Produced byAndrew Wight
Starring
CinematographyJules O'Loughlin
Edited byMark Warner
Music byDavid Hirschfelder
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 3 February 2011 (2011-02-03) (Australia)
  • 4 February 2011 (2011-02-04) (US)
Running time
109 minutes
Countries
  • Australia[1]
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2]
Box office$108.6 million[2]

Sanctum is a 2011 3D action-thriller film[3][4][5] directed by Alister Grierson and written by John Garvin and Andrew Wight. It stars Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie, and Ioan Gruffudd. Wight also produced the film, with James Cameron as executive producer.

The film was released in the United States on 4 February 2011 by Universal Pictures to generally negative reviews from critics. Despite this, it was a box office success, grossing $108 million against a $30 million budget. It also received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. Universal Studios Home Entertainment released Sanctum on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and Blu-ray 3D on 7 June 2011.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LATimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Sanctum (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Sanctum". British Board of Film Classification.
  4. ^ "Sanctum at an AMC Theatre near you". AMC Theatres. 3 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Sanctum 3D". Wells Film Centre.
  6. ^ Tom Woodward (4 April 2011). "Universal Studios Home Entertainment announces DVD and Blu-ray releases". DVD Active. Retrieved 4 April 2011.