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Game Night is a 2018 American black comedy film, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and written by Mark Perez. The film stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and follows a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life mystery. The film's supporting cast includes Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall and Kyle Chandler.
Warner Bros. Pictures released the film on February 23, 2018. It has grossed $69 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, praising the dark humor and the cast's performances.
Cast
- Jason Bateman as Max, Annie’s husband, Brooks’ brother and one of Kevin, Michelle and Ryan’s friends
- Rachel McAdams as Annie, Max’s wife and one of Kevin, Michelle and Ryan’s friends
- Kyle Chandler as Brooks, Max’s brother
- Billy Magnussen as Ryan, one of Max, Annie, Kevin and Michelle’s friends and Sarah’s love interest
- Sharon Horgan as Sarah, Ryan’s love interest
- Lamorne Morris as Kevin, Michelle’s husband and one of Max, Annie and Ryan’s friends
- Kylie Bunbury as Michelle, Kevin’s wife and one of Max, Annie and Ryan’s friends
- Jesse Plemons as Gary Kingsbury, Max and Annie’s neighbor and Debbie’s ex-husband
- Michael C. Hall as The Bulgarian
- Danny Huston as Donald Anderton
- Chelsea Peretti as Glenda
- Camille Chen as Dr. Chin
- Zerrick Williams as Val
- Joshua Mikel as Colin
- Michael Cyril Creighton as Bill
Box office
As of March 12, 2018, Game Night has grossed $45 million in the United States and Canada, and $24.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $69.7 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.[17] The film made $5.6 million on its first day (including $1 million from Thursday night previews). It ended up grossing $16.6 million over the weekend, finishing second, behind holdover Black Panther.[18] The film dropped just 37% in its second weekend, to $10.7 million (above average for a comedy), and finished 4th, behind Black Panther and newcomers Red Sparrow and Death Wish.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82%, based on 169 reviews, with a weighted average of 6.7/10. 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."[20] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[21]Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave a 78% overall positive score.
Alonso Duralde of TheWrap praised the cast, writing "Fast and funny, filled with memorable characters, and able to balance slapstick and violence without spilling too far in either direction, this frenetic R-rated farce is that rare comic gem that lands on all the spaces without ever going to jail."[22] Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman gave the film a positive review, saying "Even at 100 minutes, Game Night pushes its premise to the wall of synthetic escapism. Yet the movie manipulates its audience in cunning and puckish ways. It’s no big whoop, but you’re happy to have been played.