Most Popular Movies 2020
This chart shows the 2020 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2020 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2020 - Top 2020 Worldwide
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| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—The Movie: Mugen Train (劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編) |
| Director: Haruo Sotozaki |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 16, 2020 (Wide), released as Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen (Japan) |
| Keywords: 2D Digitally Animated Films, Dysfunctional Family, Possessed, Action Adventure, Demons, Anime |
| Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Adventure, Digital Animation, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $49,888,502 |
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International BO: $457,230,556 |
Synopsis
A youth begins a quest to fight demons and save his sister after finding his family slaughtered and his sister turned into a demon.
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| Rams |
| Director: Jeremy Sims |
| Lead Roles: Sam Neill, Michael Caton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 29, 2020 (Limited) by Roadshow Films (Australia) |
| Keywords: Family Comedy, Dysfunctional Family, Sibling Rivalry, Life on a Farm, Remake, Foreign-Language Remake |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $4,154,630 |
Synopsis
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?
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| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run |
| Director: Tim Hill |
| Lead Roles: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants/Gary the Snail |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 31, 2020 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: Family Adventure, Disrupted by 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Corporate Espionage, Restaurants, Gods and Goddesses, Missing Pet, Road Trip, Rescue |
| Classification: Based on TV, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $4,810,790 |
Synopsis
When SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and his pals team up for a heroic and hilarious journey where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.
| News of the World |
| Director: Paul Greengrass |
| Lead Roles: Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, Helena Zengel as Johanna Leonberger |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 25, 2020 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: 1870s, Civil War, Returning Soldiers, Native Americans, Adopted Family, Western Drama |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $12,668,325 |
Synopsis
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe. In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa tribe six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she’s never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
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| The Call of the Wild |
| Director: Chris Sanders |
| Lead Roles: Harrison Ford as John Thornton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 3, 2020 (Wide) (Poland) |
| Keywords: Set in Canada, Set in Yukon, Gold Rush, Animal Lead, Autumn Years, Arctic Circle, 1890s, Family Movie, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $62,342,368 |
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International BO: $45,008,823 |
Synopsis
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.
| Dino Dana: The Movie |
| Director: J.J. Johnson |
| Lead Roles: Michela Luci as Dana |
| Video Release Date: September 4, 2020 by Amazon Studios |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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International BO: $15,147 |
Synopsis
A dinosaur adventure that follows 10-year-old Dana as she tries to solve dino experiment 901 — where are all the kid dinos? But before she can complete her experiment, Dana’s new upstairs neighbour Mateo finds her magical Dino Field Guide, which allows him to see dinosaurs in real life too. This discovery kicks off a prehistoric journey bigger than anything Dana has ever faced before. When Mateo is dino-napped by a T-Rex, who thinks he’s one of her babies, it’s up to Dana, her sister Saara, and Mateo’s older stepbrother Jadiel to get him back. Along the way, Dana and her friends will race through a stampede of Triceratops, take on a Spinosaurus, get beak to nose with a Quetzalcoatlus, and come to realize that family, whether human or Jurassic, is the most important quest of all.
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| Onward |
| Director: Dan Scanlan |
| Lead Roles: Chris Pratt as Barley Lightfoot, Tom Holland as Ian Lightfoot, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Laurel Lightfoot, Octavia Spencer as Corey, Lena Waithe as Specter, Ali Wong as Gore, Mel Rodriguez as Colt Bronco |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 28, 2020 (Wide), released as Frčíme (Czech Republic) |
| Keywords: 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, IMAX: DMR, Road Trip, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Family Bonding, Urban Fantasy, Family Adventure, Dysfunctional Family |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $61,555,145 |
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International BO: $71,802,456 |
Synopsis
Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
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| Funhouse |
| Director: Jason William Lee |
| Lead Roles: Valter Skarsgard, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Khamisa Wilsher |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 2020 (Wide), released as ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТ «ЗА СТЕКЛОМ» (Russia (CIS)) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $507 |
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International BO: $110,064 |
Synopsis
Down and out backup singer and celebrity ex-husband Kasper is invited to compete in the Funhouse, an online ‘Big Brother’ style reality show. To rebrand his image and tarnished reputation, Kasper reluctantly accepts the offer. Together with 7 other C-list celebrities from around the globe he will compete for the price of 5 million dollars. At first, the Funhouse is just as the name suggests, full of wild times, budding friendships, love connections and brewing rivalries. To everyone's surprise, the fun quickly turns into misery when the first challenge leaves one of the contestants brutally murdered.
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| Sonic The Hedgehog |
| Director: Jeff Fowler |
| Lead Roles: Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, Jim Carrey as Dr. Ivo Robotnik |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 2020 (Wide) (New Zealand) |
| Keywords: Motion Capture Performance, Fugitive / On the Run, Robot, Slow Motion Scene, Mad Scientist, Development Hell, Prologue, Voiceover/Narration, Non-Chronological, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Game, Adventure, Animation/Live Action, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $146,066,470 |
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International BO: $156,469,654 |
Synopsis
In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik and his plans for world domination, and the world’s speediest hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth.
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International BO: $7,821,502 |
Synopsis
A young orphan girl, after being sent to live with her uncle, discovers a magical garden on the grounds of his estate.
| The Wretched |
| Director: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce |
| Lead Roles: John-Paul Howard as Ben |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 2020 (Limited) by IFC Midnight |
| Keywords: Witches, Supernatural |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $1,815,440 |
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International BO: $2,778,781 |
Synopsis
Following his parents’ separation, a rebellious teenage boy, Ben, is sent to live with his father for the summer and work at the local marina in order to gain some form of discipline. The idyllic tourist town offers little solace for him, however, as he is forced to deal with the local, privileged teens and his father’s new girlfriend. Ben’s problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door. A malevolent spirit from the woods has taken a hold of the parents and starts playing a sinister game of house, preying upon the children and wiping away any trace of their existence. Ben’s suspicions of the supernatural horrors go unheeded and he launches a perilous crusade in order to put an end to the skin-walking witch’s reign of terror.
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| Soul |
| Director: Pete Docter |
| Lead Roles: Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner, Tina Fey as 22, Graham Norton as Moonwind |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 20, 2020 (Canceled) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Family Adventure, Musicians, Disrupted by 2020 COVID-19 pandemic |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $946,154 |
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International BO: $119,124,368 |
Synopsis
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz — and he’s good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.
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| The Nest |
| Director: Sean Durkin |
| Lead Roles: Jude Law as Rory O’Hara, Carrie Coon as Allison O’Hara |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 18, 2020 (Limited) by IFC Films |
| Keywords: Sundance Film Festival 2020, Set in London, 1980s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $137,852 |
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International BO: $1,624,263 |
Synopsis
Charismatic entrepreneur Rory, relocates his wife Allison and their children Sam and Ben from suburban America to his native England with ambitious dreams of profiting from booming 1980’s London. While Rory thrives chasing lofty deals in the city, Allison and the kids struggle to adapt. Once a businesswoman in her own right, Allison finds herself idle and resuming the role of housewife in a run-down mansion they can’t afford to furnish. As the eerie isolation of their new home drives the family further apart, and the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, Rory and Allison have to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath the surface of their marriage.
| The Last Full Measure |
| Director: Todd Robinson |
| Lead Roles: Sebastian Stan as Scott Huffman, Christopher Plummer as Frank Pitsenbarger, William Hurt as Tully, Ed Harris as Ray Mott, Samuel L. Jackson as Takoda, Peter Fonda as Jimmy Burr, Jeremy Irvine as William Pitsenbarger |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 24, 2020 (Wide) by Roadside Attractions |
| Keywords: War, Vietnam War, Search and Rescue, 1960s, War Drama, Rescue |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $2,949,212 |
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International BO: $371,899 |
Synopsis
The true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic. During a mission on April 11, 1966, he was offered the chance to escape on the last helicopter out of a combat zone, but he stayed behind to save and defend the lives of his fellow soldiers, before making the ultimate sacrifice in the bloodiest battle of the war. Thirty-two years later, respected Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman is tasked with investigating a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger. But as Huffman learns more about Pitsenbarger’s courageous acts, he uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting him to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
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| Bill & Ted Face the Music |
| Director: Dean Parisot |
| Lead Roles: Keanu Reeves as Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan, Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 23, 2020 (Wide) by Warner Bros. (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: Time Travel, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Musicians, End of the World, Father’s Footsteps, Father and Daughter, Disrupted by 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Delayed Sequel, Buddy Comedy, Scene in End Credits |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $3,439,660 |
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International BO: $2,815,970 |
Synopsis
The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Theodore “Ted” Logan. Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle aged best friends set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends — to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe.
| The Real Exorcist |
| Director: Shokyo Oda |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 15, 2020 (Wide) (Japan) |
| Classification: Live Action |
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International BO: $5,035,830 |
| Beards |
| Director: David Freyne |
| Lead Roles: Fionn O’Shea as Eddie, Lola Petticrew as Amber |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 3, 2020 (Limited) by Altitude Film Distribution, released as Dating Amber (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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International BO: $985 |
Synopsis
Set-in Ireland during the mid-90’s, Eddie and Amber (both 17) are in the closet about their sexuality and decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating. Eddie is keen to follow his Dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. However, their ‘ideal’ arrangement begins to fall apart, forcing Eddie deeper into denial as Amber realizes that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.
| Spree |
| Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko |
| Lead Roles: Joe Keery as Kurt |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 14, 2020 (Limited) by RLJ Entertainment |
| Keywords: Sundance Film Festival 2020 |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Black Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $28,771 |
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International BO: $20,723 |
Synopsis
Meet Kurt, from @KurtsWorld96. He dreams of sitting atop a social media empire, but for now he drives for the rideshare company Spree. Fortunately, Kurt has come up with the perfect way to go viral: #TheLesson. He’s decked out his car with cameras for a nonstop livestream full of killer entertainment — murdering his passengers. In the middle of all this madness, a stand-up comedian with her own viral agenda crosses Kurt’s path and becomes the only hope to put an end to his misguided carnage.
| The Tax Collector |
| Director: David Ayer |
| Lead Roles: Bobby Soto as David, Shia LaBeouf as Creeper, Cinthya Carmona, George Lopez |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 7, 2020 (Limited) by RLJ Entertainment |
| Keywords: Set in Los Angeles, Set in Mexico, Gangs |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $1,044,212 |
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International BO: $265,759 |
Synopsis
David and Creeper, are “tax collectors” for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.
| Watashi wo kuitomete |
| Director: Akiko Ôku |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 18, 2020 (Wide), released as 私をくいとめて (Japan) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $7,424 |
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| 1BR |
| Director: David Marmor |
| Lead Roles: Nicole Brydon Bloom as Sara |
| Video Release Date: June 2, 2020 by Dark Sky Films |
| Keywords: Direct-to-Video |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Synopsis
After leaving behind a painful past to follow her dreams, Sarah scores the perfect Hollywood apartment. But something is not right. Unable to sleep, tormented by strange noises and threatening notes, her new life quickly starts to unravel. By the time she learns the horrifying truth, it’s too late. Caught in a waking nightmare, Sarah must find the strength to hold onto her crumbling sanity… or be trapped forever in an existential hell.
| The Silencing |
| Director: Robin Pront |
| Lead Roles: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Rayburn Swanson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 14, 2020 (Limited) by Saban Films |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $100,746 |
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International BO: $69,907 |
Synopsis
A reformed hunter and a sheriff are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they set out to track a killer who may have kidnapped the hunter’s daughter five years ago.
| Sylvie’s Love |
| Director: Eugene Ashe |
| Lead Roles: Tessa Thompson as Sylvie Parker, Nnamdi Asomugha as Robert Halloway |
| Video Release Date: December 25, 2020 by Amazon Studios |
| Keywords: Sundance Film Festival 2020, Set in New York City, 1950s, Jazz, Romantic Drama |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Synopsis
Robert, a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie, who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.
| Scoob! |
| Director: Tony Cervone |
| Lead Roles: Will Forte as Shaggy, Mark Wahlberg as Blue Falcon, Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Zac Efron as Fred Jones, Gina Rodriguez as Velma, Amanda Seyfried as Daphne, Ken Jeong as Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Kiersey Clemons as Dee Dee Skyes |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 15, 2020 (Canceled) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Talking Animals |
| Classification: Based on TV, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $2,188,425 |
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International BO: $24,087,786 |
Synopsis
The first full-length animated Scooby-Doo adventure for the big screen is the never-before told stories of Scooby-Doo’s origins and the greatest mystery in the career of Mystery Inc. “SCOOB!” reveals how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined with young detectives Fred, Velma and Daphne to form the famous Mystery Inc. Now, with hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global “dogpocalypse,” the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.
| Extraction |
| Director: Sam Hargrave |
| Lead Roles: Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake |
| Video Release Date: April 24, 2020 by Netflix |
| Keywords: Kidnap, Drug Cartels |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Synopsis
A hardened mercenary’s mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he’s sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord’s kidnapped son.