Thirteen Days
You'll never believe how close we came.
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Worldwide
- $35M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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Box Office & Release
Thirteen Days returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $35M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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