Battleship (film)

Battleship
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Berg
Written by	Jon Hoeber Erich Hoeber
Based on	Battleship by Hasbro
Produced by	Brian Goldner Scott Stuber Peter Berg Sarah Aubrey Duncan Henderson Bennett Schneir
Starring	Taylor Kitsch Alexander Skarsgård Rihanna Brooklyn Decker Tadanobu Asano Liam Neeson
Cinematography	Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited by	Colby Parker Jr. Billy Rich Paul Rubell
Music by	Steve Jablonsky[1]
Production companies	Hasbro Studios Bluegrass Films Film 44
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) (Tokyo) May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) (United States)
Running time	131 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$209–220 million[2][3]
Box office	$303 million[2]

Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film based on the board game of the same name. The film was directed by Peter Berg from a script by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna in her feature film debut, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in Hawaii and on USS Missouri. In the film, the crews of a small group of warships are forced to battle against a naval fleet of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals.

Battleship premiered in Tokyo on April 3, 2012, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on May 18, 2012. The film received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box-office, grossing $303 million worldwide against a production budget of $209–220 million, losing both Universal and Hasbro $150 million.