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Also known as Warcraft: The Beginning

2016 film directed by Duncan Jones

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Within Vinony's link graph, Warcraft is referenced by 222 other articles, and connects out to Q815739, Blu-ray Disc and World of Warcraft.

It sits within the topics 2010s fantasy adventure films, 2016 3D films and 2016 action films.

Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.

Film · TMDB

6.4

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

Released: 2016-05-25123 minDir: Duncan JonesAction, Adventure, FantasyBudget: $160MBox office: $434M

Cast

  • Travis Fimmel as Commander Anduin Lothar
  • Paula Patton as Garona Halforcen
  • Ben Foster as Medivh (Guardian)
  • Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn
  • Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar
  • Toby Kebbell as Durotan / Antonidas

Themes

  • elves
  • dwarf
  • magic
  • betrayal
  • king
  • guardian
  • based on video game
  • wizard
  • chieftain
  • fictional language

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

295,995 votes

Year
2016
Runtime
123 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation

via IMDb

Key facts

Directed by
Duncan Jones
Written by
Charles Leavitt Duncan Jones
Based on
Warcraft , by Blizzard Entertainment
Produced by
Charles Roven Alex Gartner Thomas Tull Jon Jashni Stuart Fenegan
Starring
Travis Fimmel Paula Patton Ben Foster Dominic Cooper Toby Kebbell Ben Schnetzer Robert Kazinsky Daniel Wu
Cinematography
Simon Duggan
Edited by
Paul Hirsch
Music by
Ramin Djawadi
Production companies
Legendary Pictures Blizzard Entertainment Atlas Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release dates
May 24, 2016 ( 2016-05-24 ) ( Le Grand Rex ) June 10, 2016 ( 2016-06-10 ) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$160 million
Box office
$439.1 million

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Duration
123
FilmAffinity ID
394186
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publication date
2016-06-10
title
Warcraft
Commons category
Warcraft (film)
capital cost
160000000
box office
433677183
social media followers
34785
review score
32/100
announcement date
2006-05-09
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Encyclopedic overview

Warcraft (alternatively known as Warcraft: The Beginning) is a 2016 American action fantasy film based on the video game series of the same name. Directed by Duncan Jones, who co-wrote with Charles Leavitt, it stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, and Daniel Wu. The film follows Anduin Lothar of Stormwind and Durotan of the Frostwolf clan as heroes set on opposite sides of a growing war, as the warlock Gul'dan leads the Horde to invade Azeroth using a magic portal. Together, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war and restore peace.

The film was first announced in 2006 as a project partnership between Legendary Pictures and the game's developer, Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft premiered in Paris on May 24, 2016, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June 10, 2016. The film grossed $439 million worldwide against a production budget of $160 million, becoming the highest-grossing film based on a video game at the time. However, it failed to reach its break-even point of $450–500 million after global marketing and distribution. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though fans of the Warcraft franchise were kinder to it.

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