World War Z
There will come a day when the world we know will end.
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content.Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies.After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease.
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $532M
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Cast
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Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
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Box Office & Release
World War Z returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $200M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $532M
- Release date
- Jun 19, 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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