The Dog Stars
At the end of the world, no one survives alone.
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended.When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
- Director
- Ridley Scott
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $110M
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- Domestic gross
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- Worldwide gross
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- Release date
- Aug 26, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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