The Hurt Locker
“You don't have to be a hero to do this job. But it helps.”
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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Cast
35 people
Jeremy Renner
Staff Sergeant William James
Known for
Arrival
Hawkeye
Anthony Mackie
Sergeant JT Sanborn
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Altered Carbon
Brian Geraghty
Specialist Owen Eldridge
Known for
1923
The Alienist
David Morse
Colonel Reed
Known for
The Green Mile
Twelve Monkeys
Guy Pearce
Sergeant Matt Thompson
Known for
Memento
Iron Man 3
Evangeline Lilly
Connie James
Known for
Lost
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ralph Fiennes
Contractor Team Leader
Known for
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Schindler's List
Christian Camargo
Colonel John Cambridge
Known for
See
Penny Dreadful
Christopher Sayegh
Beckham
No other roles listed
Jason Flemyng
Contractor
Known for
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Gueriera
First Sergeant
Known for
The Most Hated Woman in America
Nabil Koni
Professor Nabil
Known for
Under the Shadow
Kathryn Bigelow Director · Mark Boal Writer Marco Beltrami Composer
Worldwide gross $49M · Budget $15M · United States release June 25, 2009
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$49,259,766
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
First Light
Production
Kingsgate Films
Production
Voltage Pictures
Production
Summit Entertainment
Production · Studio
Grosvenor Park Productions
Production
Film Capital Europe Funds (FCEF )
Production
Grosvenor Park Media
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Turkish
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 2008
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · June 25, 2009
Limited theatrical
United States
March 17, 2009 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
March 28, 2009 · Premiere · AFI Dallas
April 1, 2009 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
May 28, 2009 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
June 5, 2009 · Premiere · Hollywood, California
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
Argentina
November 6, 2008 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
February 4, 2010 · Theatrical
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
Australia
July 30, 2009 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
February 4, 2010 · Theatrical
Austria
August 14, 2009 · Theatrical
December 3, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Belgium
September 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 15, 2009 · Physical · DVD
February 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
September 8, 2008 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 18, 2008 · Premiere · Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma
July 10, 2009 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 1, 2009 · Physical
February 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Egypt
February 9, 2022 · Physical · DVD
Estonia
October 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Finland
September 18, 2009 · Theatrical · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 27, 2009 · Theatrical
France
September 23, 2009 · Theatrical
March 10, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 26, 2025 · TV · Ciné+ Frisson
June 21, 2026 · TV · RTL9
October 15, 2026 · TV · La chaîne L'Équipe
Germany
August 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Greece
March 4, 2010 · Limited theatrical
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
February 26, 2010 · Limited theatrical
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Iceland
July 8, 2009 · Theatrical
India
April 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Indonesia
June 2, 2009 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 28, 2009 · Theatrical
Israel
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
October 10, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
February 26, 2010 · Premiere · Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
March 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Kuwait
April 8, 2010 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Lebanon
April 8, 2010 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 12, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 3, 2009 · Theatrical
December 28, 2009 · Physical · Blu ray
February 24, 2010 · Physical · DVD
December 7, 2011 · TV · RTL 7
New Zealand
April 1, 2010 · Theatrical
Norway
November 29, 2008 · Premiere · Oslo International Film Festival
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Panama
March 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Peru
February 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Philippines
October 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Poland
December 1, 2008 · Premiere · Camerimage
February 15, 2010 · Digital · DVD
March 12, 2010 · Limited theatrical
March 19, 2010 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Romania
September 29, 2009 · Theatrical
Russia
January 14, 2010 · Theatrical
Singapore
September 15, 2009 · Theatrical
February 18, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
Slovakia
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
October 6, 2009 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
January 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 29, 2009 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
December 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 2, 2008 · Theatrical · Italian
August 13, 2009 · Theatrical · German
September 23, 2009 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
March 12, 2010 · Theatrical
Thailand
February 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 2, 2009 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
February 11, 2010 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 19, 2009 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
August 28, 2009 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 5, 2010 · Theatrical
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