The Current War
“Power changes everything”
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Thomas Edison
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Michael Shannon
George Westinghouse
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Nicholas Hoult
Nikola Tesla
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Katherine Waterston
Marguerite Westinghouse
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Tom Holland
Samuel Insull
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Matthew Macfadyen
J.P. Morgan
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Tuppence Middleton
Mary Edison
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Sense8
Jupiter Ascending
Stanley Townsend
Franklin Pope
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KAOS
Sherlock
Damien Molony
Bourke Cockran
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Brassic
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Conor MacNeill
William Kemmler
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Industry
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Celyn Jones
Sherman Quincy
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Craig Roberts
Robert Lane
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The First Time
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Director · Michael Mitnick Screenplay Saunder Jurriaans Composer
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $30M · United States release October 4, 2019
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Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$12,217,160
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Bazelevs
Production
Film Rites
Production
Fourth Floor Productions
Production
13 Films
Production
Thunder Road
Production
The Weinstein Company
Studio · Production
Bazelevs Production
Production
Russia · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 2017
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 4, 2019
Theatrical
United States · October 25, 2019
Digital · Director's Cut
United States
October 15, 2017 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 25, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Director's Cut
March 31, 2020 · Physical · Director's Cut
Argentina
February 1, 2018 · Theatrical
Australia
September 1, 2020 · Digital
Brazil
August 13, 2019 · Theatrical
China
August 28, 2020 · Theatrical
France
August 15, 2020 · Theatrical
Germany
July 23, 2020 · Theatrical
November 27, 2020 · Physical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 26, 2019 · Theatrical
Italy
July 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
June 19, 2020 · Digital
Kuwait
August 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Lebanon
August 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
December 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 4, 2019 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 1, 2020 · Digital
Poland
October 11, 2019 · Theatrical
April 17, 2020 · Digital
Portugal
October 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
December 5, 2019 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 17, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
January 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 28, 2019 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Taiwan
July 19, 2019 · Theatrical
Türkiye
September 13, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 26, 2019 · Theatrical
November 18, 2019 · Physical
Vietnam
July 26, 2019 · Theatrical
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