Captain Phillips
7.8
“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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Cast
66 people
Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips
Known for
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Barkhad Abdi
Muse
Known for
Castle Rock
Blade Runner 2049
Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal
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Watu Wote: All of Us
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Faysal Ahmed
Najee
Faysal Ahmed
Najee
Known for
Castle Rock
438 Days
Mahat M. Ali
Elmi
No other roles listed
Michael Chernus
Shane Murphy
Known for
Severance
Men in Black 3
David Warshofsky
Mike Perry
Known for
Now You See Me
Taken
Corey Johnson
Ken Quinn
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
Ex Machina
John Magaro
Dan Phillips
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
The Big Short
Chris Mulkey
John Cronan
Known for
Whiplash
Twin Peaks
Yul Vazquez
Captain Frank Castellano
Known for
The Outsider
The Terminal List
Paul Greengrass Director · Billy Ray Screenplay Henry Jackman Composer
Worldwide gross $219M · Budget $55M · United States release October 11, 2013
Box office
Budget
$55,000,000
Worldwide gross
$218,791,811
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Michael De Luca Productions
Production
Scott Rudin Productions
Production
Trigger Street Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
A Captain's Duty · Maersk Alabama
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Somali
Release dates
United States · September 27, 2013
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · October 11, 2013
Theatrical
Argentina
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Armenia
December 5, 2013 · Theatrical
Australia
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 20, 2013 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
November 15, 2013 · Theatrical
Canada
October 11, 2013 · Theatrical
Chile
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical
Colombia
October 25, 2013 · Theatrical
Croatia
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Dominican Republic
November 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Ecuador
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Finland
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
France
November 20, 2013 · Theatrical
March 20, 2014 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
March 1, 2015 · Digital · VOD
September 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
June 7, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
June 7, 2026 · TV · Arte
Germany
November 14, 2013 · Theatrical
March 14, 2014 · Physical
June 7, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
June 7, 2026 · TV · Arte
Greece
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
January 27, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Hong Kong SAR China
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 7, 2013 · Theatrical
Iceland
October 25, 2013 · Theatrical
India
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Indonesia
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Israel
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Italy
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical
March 13, 2021 · TV
Jamaica
October 11, 2013 · Theatrical
Japan
October 17, 2013 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
November 29, 2013 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
November 27, 2013 · Theatrical
Kuwait
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical
Latvia
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Lebanon
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 22, 2013 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 29, 2013 · Premiere · Amsterdam Film Week
November 21, 2013 · Theatrical
February 10, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
March 26, 2016 · TV · RTL 5
New Zealand
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
North Korea
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
North Macedonia
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Norway
October 11, 2013 · Theatrical
Pakistan
November 16, 2013 · Theatrical
Peru
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Philippines
October 23, 2013 · Theatrical
Poland
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Romania
November 1, 2013 · Theatrical
Russia
December 5, 2013 · Theatrical
Serbia
November 2, 2013 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 14, 2013 · Theatrical
Slovakia
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
January 10, 2016 · TV · Markíza
South Korea
October 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 31, 2013 · Theatrical · Italian
November 14, 2013 · Theatrical · German
November 20, 2013 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
November 10, 2013 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 25, 2013 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 5, 2013 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 9, 2013 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 15, 2013 · Theatrical
December 16, 2013 · Physical
Uruguay
November 15, 2013 · Theatrical
Vietnam
November 29, 2013 · Theatrical
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