Captain Phillips
Out here survival is everything.
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
- Director
- Paul Greengrass
- Worldwide
- $219M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 6 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Captain Phillips returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $55M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $219M
- Release date
- Oct 10, 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Somali
- Country
- United States of America
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