The Watch
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Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week.But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.
- Director
- Akiva Schaffer
- Worldwide
- $68M
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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Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Watch returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $68M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $68M
- Release date
- Jul 26, 2012
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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