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Directed by | Roland Emmerich |
Written by | James Vanderbilt |
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Cinematography | Anna Foerster |
Edited by | Adam Wolfe |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 131 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150 million[2] |
Box office | $205.4 million[2] |
White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of the United States when a destructive terrorist assault occurs in the White House. The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, and James Woods.
Released on June 28, 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing, White House Down received mixed reviews from critics with criticism going towards the screenwriting and the clichéd storyline, although the performances and action sequences were praised. The film grossed over $205 million worldwide at the box office, against a budget of $150 million. White House Down was one of two films released in 2013 that dealt with a terrorist attack on the White House; the other, Olympus Has Fallen, was released three months earlier.
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