The Darkest Hour
“Survive the holidays”
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
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Cast
16 people
Emile Hirsch
Sean
Known for
Into the Wild
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Rachael Taylor
Anne
Known for
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's The Defenders
Olivia Thirlby
Natalie
Known for
Dredd
Juno
Joel Kinnaman
Skyler
Known for
RoboCop
Suicide Squad
Max Minghella
Ben
Known for
The Handmaid's Tale
The Social Network
Veronika Vernadskaya
Vika
Also in
Eclipse
No Love in the City 3
Dato Bakhtadze
Sergei
Known for
Wanted
Six Degrees of Celebration
Gosha Kutsenko
Matvei
Known for
Balkan Line
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Nikolay Efremov
Sasha
Also in
The Island
The Book of Masters
Georgiy Gromov
Boris
Also in
Black Sun
Your Heart Will Be Broken
Artur Smolyaninov
Yuri
Known for
9th Company
Kalashnikov AK-47
Anna Roudakova
Tess
Chris Gorak Director · Jon Spaihts Screenplay Leslie Bohem Story
Worldwide gross $65M · Budget $30M · United States release December 25, 2011
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$64,626,786
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Regency Enterprises
Production
Bazelevs
Production
The Jacobson Company
Production
New Regency Pictures
Production
Summit Entertainment
Production
New Regency Productions
Studio · Production
Bazelevs Production
Production
United States · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Hungary · December 22, 2011
Digital
United States · December 25, 2011
Theatrical
Brazil
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
January 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
December 25, 2011 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 29, 2011 · Digital
Denmark
January 12, 2012 · Theatrical
France
January 11, 2012 · Theatrical
May 11, 2012 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
June 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
Germany
December 29, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
January 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
January 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
December 1, 2012 · Digital
Netherlands
January 12, 2012 · Theatrical
May 16, 2012 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Poland
January 27, 2012 · Digital
Portugal
January 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Romania
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Russia
December 22, 2011 · Theatrical
Slovakia
December 29, 2011 · Theatrical
January 19, 2014 · TV · Markíza
Spain
January 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 22, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 12, 2012 · Theatrical
March 20, 2012 · Physical
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