Atlas Shrugged is a trilogy of American science fiction drama films. The series, adaptations of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same title, are subtitled Part I (2011), Part II (2012) and Part III (2014); the latter sometimes includes Who Is John Galt? in the title.
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Based on | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand |
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Production company | The Strike Productions (Part I) |
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Release dates | April 15, 2011 October 12, 2012 (Part II) September 12, 2014 (Part III) | (Part I)
Running time | 313 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $35 million |
Box office | $8.9 million[1][2] |
The films take place in a dystopian United States, wherein many of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their fortunes as the government shifts the nation towards socialism, making aggressive new regulations, taking control of industries, while picking winners and losers.
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) |
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012) |
Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014) | |
Director | Paul Johansson | John Putch | J. James Manera |
Producer(s) | John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow |
John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow Jeff Freilich |
John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow |
Screenwriter(s) | John Aglialoro Brian Patrick O'Toole |
Duke Sandefur Brian Patrick O'Toole Duncan Scott |
J. James Manera John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow |
Composer(s) | Elia Cmiral | Chris Bacon Ash Brown Gregg Benedict |
Elia Cmiral |
Editor(s) | Jim Flynn Sherril Schlesinger |
John Gilbert | Tony Ciccone |
Cinematographer | Ross Berryman | Gale Tattersall | |
Production company(s) | The Strike Productions | Either Or Productions | "A is A" Productions, Inc. |
Distributor(s) | Rocky Mountain Pictures 20th Century Fox |
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Runtime | 102 minutes | 112 minutes | 99 minutes |
Release date | April 15, 2011 | October 12, 2012 | September 12, 2014 |
See Part I's production, Part II's production, Part III's production
The trilogy received predominantly negative critic reviews[3] and the aggregate USA box office is just under $9 million, with each film performing worse than the last on both accounts.
Film | Release date | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Budget | Gross |
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I | April 15, 2011 | 12% (51 reviews)[3] | 28 (19 reviews)[5] | $20 million[6][4] | $4,627,375[2] |
Atlas Shrugged: Part II | October 12, 2012 | 4% (23 reviews)[7] | 26 (11 reviews)[8] | $10 million[9][1] | $3,336,053[2] |
Atlas Shrugged: Part III | September 26, 2014 | 0% (10 reviews)[10] | 9 (7 reviews)[11] | >$5 million[1] | $846,704[2] |
Part I was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 8, 2011; Part II on February 19, 2013; and Part III on January 6, 2015.