The Thing

"It's not human. Yet."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.2/10

3,128 votes

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Average

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$35.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$31.5M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-3,494,713

ROI: -10%

Budget Recovery90% of budget

$0|Budget: $35.0M|Revenue: $31.5M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

54.6K

Daily Avg

910

7-Day Trend

-6%

30 days agoToday

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Who Goes There?

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Toronto

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

Antarctica

Themes & Subjects

#extraterrestriallife#alieninvasion#flyingsaucer

Series & Franchise

Timeline

Prequel

The Thing

1982

This Movie

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Michel Abramowicz

Film Editing

Julian ClarkePeter Boyle

Music / Score

Marco Beltrami

Production Design

Q133682148

Production Companies

Strike EntertainmentMorgan Creek Entertainment

Distributors

Universal PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Thing

Available in 55 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	—	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	—	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaMA15+	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

AustraliaMA15+

Germany16

JapanR15+

BGD

Brazil16

Denmark15

+10 more countries

Production

Director

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Writers

Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.

Production Companies

Universal PicturesMorgan Creek EntertainmentStrike Entertainment

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Kate Lloyd

Joel Edgerton

Sam Carter

Ulrich Thomsen

Dr. Sander Halvorson

Eric Christian Olsen

Adam Finch

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Derek Jameson

Paul Braunstein

Griggs

Trond Espen Seim

Edvard Wolner

Kim Bubbs

Juliette

Jørgen Langhelle

Lars

Jan Gunnar Røise

Olav

Stig Henrik Hoff

Peder

Kristofer Hivju

Jonas

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookparanoiaresearch stationalien life-formprequelsurvivalantarcticasurvival horrorblizzardduringcreditsstingeraggressive1980sassimilationalien spaceshipnorwegian

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