Captain Phillips was released on the 11th October 2013 in 3,020 cinemas in America, it made $25 million on opening week and came in second place behind Gravity. It was then made available in 3123 cinemas after 3 weeks of release and domestically it has taken $101 million, with $76 million takings worldwide. It has a budget of $55 million and was distributed by Sony/Columbia, with a PG 13 rating (12A) as it features swearing and violence. It has received positive reviews from the critics often praising Tom Hanks' performance, the film features a high profile Hollywood actor being Hanks, but generally containing lesser known actors and actresses - the film however does have an acting role from boxer Mohammed Ali. The film was directed by Paul Greengrass who is famous for directing The Bourne franchise, the writer of the film being Billy Ray who has had writing credits for films like Flightplan and internationally known, The Hunger Games. The running time for the film is 2 hours and 14 minutes and is shown in multiplex films as it is a Hollywood blockbuster film.
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