Reign of Fire (film)

Reign of Fire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob Bowman
Screenplay by	Gregg Chabot Kevin Peterka Matt Greenberg
Story by	Gregg Chabot Kevin Peterka
Produced by	Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum
Starring	Matthew McConaughey Christian Bale Izabella Scorupco Gerard Butler
Cinematography	Adrian Biddle
Edited by	Declan McGrath Thom Noble
Music by	Edward Shearmur
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Spyglass Entertainment The Zanuck Company
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	12 July 2002 (2002-07-12)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Countries	United Kingdom Ireland United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million[2]
Box office	$82.2 million[2]

Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler with the screenplay written by Matt Greenberg, Gregg Chabot, and Kevin Peterka.

The film is set in England in the year 2020, twenty years after a London Underground tunneling project inadvertently awakened dragons from centuries of slumber and the creatures have subsequently replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth. With the fate of mankind at stake, two surviving parties, led by Quinn Abercromby (Bale) and Denton Van Zan (McConaughey), find that they must work together to hunt down and destroy the beasts in a desperate attempt to take back the world.

The film was released by Touchstone Pictures on 12 July 2002. Upon release, it received generally mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office, grossing far less than expected, only $82 million on a $60 million budget.^[3]