Mortal Engines
“Some scars never heal”
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
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Cast
56 people
Hera Hilmar
Hester Shaw
Known for
See
Da Vinci's Demons
Robert Sheehan
Tom Natsworthy
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Hugo Weaving
Thaddeus Valentine
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V for Vendetta
The Matrix
Jihae
Anna Fang
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Mars
Succession
Ronan Raftery
Bevis Pod
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Rook
Leila George
Katherine Valentine
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Animal Kingdom
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Patrick Malahide
Magnus Crome
Known for
Luther
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Stephen Lang
Shrike
Known for
Avatar
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Colin Salmon
Chudleigh Pomeroy
Known for
Limitless
Nobody
Mark Mitchinson
Vambrace
Known for
The Shannara Chronicles
Evil Dead Rise
Regé-Jean Page
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Menik Gooneratne
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Pluribus
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Christian Rivers Director · Peter Jackson Screenplay Fran Walsh Screenplay
Worldwide gross $84M · Budget $100M · United States release December 14, 2018
Box office
Budget
$100,000,000
Worldwide gross
$83,869,818
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Scholastic Productions
Production
Silvertongue Films
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio · Distribution
WingNut Films
Production
MRC
Production
Fuji Television Network
Production
Perfect World Pictures
Production
New Zealand · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · November 27, 2018
Theatrical
United States · December 14, 2018
Theatrical
United States · February 19, 2019
Digital
United States
March 12, 2019 · Physical
Australia
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Austria
December 13, 2018 · Digital
Brazil
January 10, 2019 · Theatrical
March 28, 2019 · Digital
China
January 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
April 10, 2019 · Physical
Denmark
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Finland
December 14, 2018 · Theatrical
France
December 12, 2018 · Theatrical
April 11, 2019 · Digital · VOD
April 17, 2019 · Physical · DVD, Blu-Ray & 4K UHD
November 19, 2025 · TV · RTL9
May 26, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
December 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Greece
December 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 14, 2018 · Theatrical
Israel
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Italy
December 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
December 14, 2018 · Theatrical
Lithuania
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
April 17, 2019 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
New Zealand
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Norway
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
December 7, 2018 · Digital
Portugal
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Romania
December 7, 2018 · Premiere
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Russia
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
Slovakia
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 5, 2018 · Theatrical
Spain
December 14, 2018 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Switzerland
December 12, 2018 · Theatrical
Taiwan
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 5, 2018 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 27, 2018 · Limited theatrical · London
December 8, 2018 · Theatrical
April 22, 2019 · Digital
April 22, 2019 · Physical
Vietnam
December 7, 2018 · Theatrical
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