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Captive State

10 years ago, they took our planet. Today, we take it back!

Mar 15, 2019 1h 50mPG-13ActionScience FictionThriller
5.7IMDb
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Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

Director
Rupert Wyatt
Worldwide
$9M
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Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

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Captive State returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.

Budget
$25M
Opening weekend
Domestic gross
International gross
Worldwide gross
$9M
Release date
Mar 15, 2019
Runtime
1h 50m
MPAA rating
PG-13
Language
English
Country
United States of America

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