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A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
- 2018-02-23
Game Night is a 2018 American action comedy film [3][4] directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and written by Mark Perez. It stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and follows a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life mystery after one of them is kidnapped.
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Married competitive gamer couple Max and Annie are trying to have a child, but their attempts are unsuccessful due to Max's stress surrounding his feelings of inadequacy when compared to his successful, attractive brother Brooks. During Max and Annie's routine weekend game night with their friends Ryan, and married couple Kevin and Michelle, Brooks...
Jason Bateman as Max Davis, Annie's husband.Rachel McAdams as Annie Davis, Max's wife.Development
Producer John Fox had the film's title, and asked screenwriter Mark Perez for story ideas. Perez took inspiration from films like Three Amigos and Tropic Thunder. He pitched the concept to 20th Century Fox, who liked it. The two pitched the project to Jason Bateman, who also liked it. They then sold the idea to New Line Cinema around 2013-2014. Bateman was initially slated to direct, as well as produce and star in the film. When screenwriters Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daleywere hire...
Pre-production
On May 24, 2016, New Line Cinema hired Goldstein and Francis Daley to rewrite and direct the film Game Night, which Jason Bateman produced through Aggregate Films. While Daley and Goldstein did not receive screenwriter credit, they later said they rewrote "almost all of the original script’s dialogue, totally overhauled the characters — most notably a creepy cop portrayed by Jesse Plemons— and comprehensively reworked the original script’s third act." In January 2017, Rachel McAdams, Bateman,...
Filming
Principal photography on the film began in early April 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, US.
Warner Bros. Pictures had originally scheduled Game Night for release on February 14, 2018.The date was later pushed back to March 2, 2018, before being moved up to February 23, 2018.
Box office
Game Nightgrossed $69.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $48.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $117.7 million, against a production budget of $37 million. In the United States and Canada, Game Night was released alongside Annihilation and Every Day, and was projected to gross $13–21 million from 3,488 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $5.6 million on its first day (including $1 million from Thursday night previews). It ended up grossing $17 mill...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 257 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With a talented cast turned loose on a loaded premise — and a sharp script loaded with dark comedy and unexpected twists — Game Night might be more fun than the real thing." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore...
During the film's opening weekend, screenwriter Mark Perez discussed the possibility of a sequel, saying "It would be great to have sequels. Super titles like Game Nightor specific titles like that feel genetically built to have sequels... That would mean the movie did well, and that's all I really care about at this stage." In a 2023 interview wit...
Feb 23, 2018 · Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game.
Game Night (2018) was a lot of fun. Review. Watched this last week after hearing good things and this was really, really good. Great chemistry between the cast, particularly Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. Jesse Plemons in particular was a comedic standout.
Game Night is a 2018 American black comedy film directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams , and follows a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life mystery.
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Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents.
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