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Movie Info
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Director -
Jon Favreau -
Producer -
Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , Brian Grazer , Ron Howard , Scott Mitchell Rosenberg -
Screenwriter -
Damon Lindelof , Mark Fergus , Hawk Ostby -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Fairview Entertainment , Imagine Entertainment , K/O Paper Products , Platinum Studios , Paramount Pictures International -
Rating -
PG-13 (Some Partial Nudity|A Brief Crude Reference|Western and Sci-Fi Action|Western and Sci-Fi Violence) -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Western , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 29, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 26, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$100.2M -
Runtime -
1h 58m -
Sound Mix -
DTS , Dolby SRD , SDDS
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