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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

October 10, 2013

2h 14m

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Overview

"Out here survival is everything."

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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Details

Status: Released
Runtime: 2h 14m
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Languages: English, Somali
Director: Paul Greengrass
Production: Columbia Pictures Michael De Luca Productions
Scott Rudin Productions
Trigger Street Productions
Production Countries: United States of America

Financial Performance

Profitable

Budget vs Revenue for Captain Phillips

Profit

+$163.8M

ROI: 398%•Margin: 297.8%

Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Captain Richard Phillips

Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi

Muse

Barkhad Abdirahman

Barkhad Abdirahman

Bilal

Faysal Ahmed

Faysal Ahmed

Najee

Mahat M. Ali

Mahat M. Ali

Elmi

Michael Chernus

Michael Chernus

Shane Murphy

David Warshofsky

David Warshofsky

Mike Perry

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Ken Quinn

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

John Cronan

Yul Vazquez

Yul Vazquez

Captain Frank Castellano

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