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Summary
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+15)
Critics 46Audiences 61GoodWatch 53
Metascore49
Tomatometer42%
IMDb6.4
User score6.2
Audience score59%
Letterboxd · 439 K ratings2.8/5
Box office
4.2×its budget
- Budget
- $150 M
- Worldwide
- $629 M
Worldwide it earned $479 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for fantasy movies, −8 min on the typical 100
typical 10092Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 85 countries, rent or buy in 26 more
+75Released
2008
July 1, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
FantasyActionLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchJapaneseVietnameseMade in
United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 42 more72 people
- Will SmithJohn Hancock
- Charlize TheronMary
- Jason BatemanRay
- Jae HeadAaron
- Eddie MarsanRed
- David MatteyMan Mountain
- Maetrix FittenMatrix
- Thomas LennonMike
Johnny GaleckiJeremy
Hayley Marie NormanHottie- DCDorothy CecchiWoman in Dive Bar
- MLMichelle LemonGirl at Bus Bench
Akiva GoldsmanExecutive
Michael MannExecutive
Brad LelandExecutive
Trieu TranExecutive
Darrell FosterPolice Sergeant
Liz WickerFemale Cop
Taylor GilbertFemale Hostage- CTCaroll TohmeClapping Guy
- BABarbara AliWoman Under Ray's Car
Ryan RadisRail Crossing Crowd
Elizabeth DennehyRail Crossing Crowd- DDDarren DowlerRail Crossing Crowd
Directing · 8
- Peter Berg Director
- Simon Crane Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Chris Castaldi Second Assistant Director
- Kerry Lyn McKissick Script Supervisor
- Eric Heffron First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- Juliana Guedes Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Vince Gilligan Writer
- Vincent Ngo Writer
Production · 22
- Jonathan Mostow Executive Producer
- Richard Saperstein Executive Producer
- Ian Bryce Executive Producer
- Will Smith Producer
- Michael Mann Producer
- Akiva Goldsman Producer
Camera · 11
- Tobias A. Schliessler Director of Photography
- David B. Nowell Aerial Director of Photography
- David Luckenbach Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
- Lucas Bielan "B" Camera Operator
- Frank Masi Still Photographer
- Larry Nielsen First Assistant Camera
Editing · 7
- Paul Rubell Editor
- Colby Parker, Jr. Editor
- Mo Henry Negative Cutter
- Ken Blackwell Associate Editor
- Jill Bogdanowicz Digital Colorist
- Zahida Bacchus Digital Intermediate Producer
Sound · 24
- John Powell Original Music Composer
- Yann Delpuech Sound Designer
- Gregory King Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Gary A. Hecker Foley Artist
- George Drakoulias Music Supervisor
- Shawn Murphy Scoring Mixer
Art · 19
- Neil Spisak Production Design
- Kasra Farahani Production Illustrator
- Rosemary Brandenburg Set Decoration
- Tristan Paris Bourne Assistant Art Director
- James Carson Production Illustrator
- Larissa Lowthorp Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 14
- Louise Mingenbach Costume Design
- Dan Bronson Costume Supervisor
- Alison McCosh Assistant Costume Designer
- Meg Matthews Key Costumer
- Cindy J. Williams Makeup Department Head
- Amy Schmiederer Key Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 8
- John Dykstra Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Jillian Toohey Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vincent Cirelli Visual Effects Supervisor
- Tim Hawkins Visual Effects Supervisor
- John Frazier Special Effects Supervisor
- Glenn Morris Visual Effects Producer
Lighting · 4
- Bob E. Krattiger Chief Lighting Technician
- Lonnie S. Gatlin Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
- Don Selsor Key Rigging Grip
- Angela M. Eliasz Lighting Artist
Other crew · 49
- Wade Eastwood Stunt Coordinator
- Alex Huynh Stunts
- Heidi Moneymaker Stunts
- Debbie Evans Stunts
- Corey Michael Eubanks Stunts
- Clay Cullen Stunts
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