“Plane” is a new action-thriller starring Gerard Butler. The film was well received by critics and audiences alike.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- Plane is a 2023 American action-thriller film
- The film is directed by Jean-François Richet
- It is written by Charles Cumming and J. P. Davis
- Starring Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, and Tony Goldwyn
- The films centers around a pilot (Butler) allying with a prisoner (Colter) to save his passengers from a hostile territory they landed in for an emergency landing
- The film was announced in 2016
- Then, it was acquired by Lionsgate Films in 2019
- It was sold to Solstice Studios in 2020
- And re-acquired by Lionsgate in 2021
- It was shot in Puerto Rico.
- Plane was released in the United States on January 13, 2023
- It received generally positive reviews from critics
- The film has grossed $12 million worldwide
- On July 13, 2016, MadRiver Pictures acquired The Plane, an original pitch from novelist Charles Cumming, with Marc Butan and Di Bonaventura Pictures’ Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian announced as producers
- In October 2019, it was reported that Gerard Butler had joined the cast and would also produce alongside Alan Siegel
- In November 2019, Lionsgate Films acquired distribution rights to the film
- But in November 2020, it abandoned the project after failing to obtain production insurance that would cover a COVID-19 outbreak, as the studio did not want to risk the film’s original $50 million budget, and Solstice Studios acquired the rights to the film
- However, in May 2021, Lionsgate re-acquired the rights to The Plane, in what Andreas Wiseman from Deadline Hollywood described as a “case of high-profile Hollywood volleyball”
- In August 2021, Kelly Gale, Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Yoson An, Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick, and Oliver Trevena joined the cast
- Production began that same month in Puerto Rico
- Michael Cho, Tim Lee, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingame, and Vicki Dee Rock were attached to the film as Executive Producers
- On a podcast, Colter said the film was going to focus more on character development than action sequences
- On October 11, 2021, it was reported that filming was close to finishing and that Tony Goldwyn and Paul Ben-Victor would also star
- The film was released in theaters in the United States on January 13, 2023, by Lionsgate
- It was previously set for release on January 27, 2023
- In the United States and Canada, Plane was released alongside House Party and the wide expansion of A Man Called Otto
- It was projected to gross $7 – 10 million from 3,023 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $3 million on its first day
- These numbers include $435,000 from Thursday night previews
- It went on to debut to $10.2 million, finishing in fifth
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 75% rating
- Based on 110 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.9/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Plane charts a standard action-adventure course with its cruising altitude just a few miles above Direct-to-Video – but with Gerard Butler in the cockpit, thriller enthusiasts may still find this a fairly fun flight”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100
- Based on 33 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled by PostTrak gave it an 83% positive score
- With 63% saying they would definitely recommend it
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