A retelling of Homer's epic - well, an attempt...
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay byDavid Benioff
Based on Iliad by Homer
Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Produced by Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson
Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole
Cinematography Roger Pratt
Edited by Peter Honess
Music by James Horner
Production companies Warner Bros. Pictures, Radiant Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Helena Productions, Latina Pictures, Nimar Studios
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release datesMay 13, 2004 (Cannes)
May 14, 2004 (United States)
Running time163 minutes
Budget
$175,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$133,378,256
Opening weekend US & Canada
$46,865,412May 16, 2004
Gross worldwide
$497,409,852
