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Movie Info
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Director -
Shawn Levy -
Producer -
Don Murphy , Susan Montford , Shawn Levy -
Screenwriter -
John Gatins -
Distributor -
Walt Disney -
Production Co -
21 Laps Entertainment , Montford Murphy -
Rating -
PG-13 (Intense Action|Brief Language|Some Violence) -
Genre -
Action , Drama , Sci-Fi -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 7, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$85.5M -
Runtime -
2h 7m -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby Digital