Fallen (film series)
Fallen is an American action film series created by screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt. It stars Gerard Butler as United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning, Aaron Eckhart as U.S. President Benjamin Asher, and Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House (and eventual President) Allan Trumbull. The film series consists of: Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and Angel Has Fallen (2019).The films have received generally mixed critical reception and have grossed a combined total of $523 million worldwide.
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| Based on | characters created by Creighton Rothenberger Katrin Benedikt |
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Release date | 2013–present |
Running time | 339 minutes (Cumulative of 3 films) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $170 million (Cumulative of 3 films) |
| Box office | $523.5 million (Cumulative of 3 films) |
The film series will continue, as Butler signed on for three more feature films. With plans to expand into a franchise, producers have various foreign, local-language, TV spin-offs in development.[1]
Films
| Film | U.S. release date |
Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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| Olympus Has Fallen | March 22, 2013 | Antoine Fuqua | Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt | Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ed Cathell III, Danny Lerner and Mark Gill | |
| London Has Fallen | March 4, 2016 | Babak Najafi | Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John | Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt | Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon |
| Angel Has Fallen | August 23, 2019 | Ric Roman Waugh | Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook and Ric Roman Waugh | Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole, Les Weldon and Yariv Lerner | |
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Disgraced Secret Service agent (and former presidential guard) Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped inside the White House when North Korean terrorists attack. Using his inside knowledge, Banning must work with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
London Has Fallen (2016)
In London for the British Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders ordered by a Pakistani terrorist leader and his son.
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Mike Banning is framed for the attempt to assassinate the President by a rogue private military company and must race against time to clear his name while uncovering the real threat.
Future
In November 2019, producer Alan Siegel announced that Gerard Butler will star in at least three more Has Fallen feature films. In addition to the movies, television spin-offs are being considered. Because of the film series' popularity in other territories, he also announced plans for various television series to debut in foreign countries, with each show's local mother tongues to be the spoken languages. Siegel stated that the intent for TV show installments, would be to expand the franchise and add additional characters to appear in future films.[1]
Cast and characters
Additional crew and production details
| Film | Composer | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies |
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| Olympus Has Fallen | Trevor Morris | Conrad W. Hall | John Refoua | Millennium Films, Nu Image, G-BASE |
FilmDistrict | 119 minutes |
| London Has Fallen | Ed Wild | Paul Martin Smith and Michael Duthie | Gramercy Pictures, Millennium Films, G-BASE |
Focus Features | 99 minutes | |
| Angel Has Fallen | David Buckley | Jules O'Loughlin | Gabriel Fleming | Millennium Media, G-BASE |
Lionsgate | 121 minutes |
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | Box office gross | Budget | |||
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| Opening weekend (North America) |
North America | Other territories | Worldwide | ||
| Olympus Has Fallen[2] | $30,373,794 | $98,925,640 | $71,344,561 | $170,270,201 | $70 million |
| London Has Fallen[3] | $21,635,601 | $62,524,260 | $143,230,187 | $205,754,447 | $60 million |
| Angel Has Fallen[4] | $21,380,987 | $69,030,436 | $78,471,554 | $147,501,990 | $40 million |
| Total | $73,390,382 | $230,634,684 | $293,046,302 | $523,526,638 | $170 million |
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Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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| Olympus Has Fallen | 49% (192 reviews)[6] | 41 (30 reviews)[7] | A-[8] |
| London Has Fallen | 27% (195 reviews)[9] | 28 (35 reviews)[10] | A-[8] |
| Angel Has Fallen | 39% (178 reviews)[11] | 45 (33 reviews)[12] | A-[8] |
References
- Tom Grater (November 8, 2019). "'Angel Has Fallen' Producer Alan Siegel: Expect More Sequels & Local Language Spin-Offs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- "Olympus Has Fallen (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- "London Has Fallen (2016)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- "Angel has Fallen (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "Has Fallen Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- "Olympus Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "Olympus Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- "Cinemascore". Cinemascore.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- "London Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "London Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- "Angel Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- "Angel Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved April 9, 2020.