Snowden
“The only safe place is on the run.”
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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Cast
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Edward Snowden
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Shailene Woodley
Lindsay Mills
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Laura Poitras
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Zachary Quinto
Glenn Greenwald
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Tom Wilkinson
Ewen MacAskill
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Scott Eastwood
Trevor James
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Timothy Olyphant
CIA Agent Geneva
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Ben Schnetzer
Gabriel Sol
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LaKeith Stanfield
Patrick Haynes
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Uncut Gems
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Rhys Ifans
Corbin O'Brian
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Nicolas Cage
Hank Forrester
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Oliver Stone Director · Kieran Fitzgerald Screenplay Luke Harding Author
Worldwide gross $37M · Budget $40M · United States release September 16, 2016
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$37,357,216
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
KrautPack Entertainment
Production
Vendian Entertainment
Production
Endgame Entertainment
Production
Wild Bunch
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Open Road Films
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TG Media
Production
France · Germany · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Russia · September 15, 2016
Theatrical
United States · September 16, 2016
Theatrical
Australia
September 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 10, 2016 · Theatrical · Walt Disney
Canada
September 16, 2016 · Theatrical
December 27, 2016 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Denmark
September 29, 2016 · Theatrical
France
November 2, 2016 · Theatrical
March 9, 2017 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
December 7, 2025 · TV · La chaîne L'Équipe
September 22, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Frisson
Germany
September 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
November 3, 2016 · Theatrical
January 27, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
October 6, 2016 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 16, 2016 · Theatrical
January 19, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
December 9, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
November 24, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
January 27, 2017 · Digital
Netherlands
November 10, 2016 · Theatrical
March 8, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Poland
November 16, 2016 · Digital
Portugal
September 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Romania
November 18, 2016 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
October 14, 2016 · Theatrical · ICAA 154316
Sweden
September 16, 2016 · Theatrical
January 16, 2017 · Physical
Switzerland
September 24, 2016 · Digital
Ukraine
September 15, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 9, 2016 · Theatrical
Vietnam
September 16, 2016 · Theatrical
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