30 Days of Night (2007)

"You can feel it. That cold ain't the weather. That's death approaching. Who do you think they're gonna take first? The girl, who thinks a gun will help her? The kid, sheriff's kid? Or the old gal?"

- The Stranger

30 Days of Night is a 2007 horror film about vampires directed by David Slade. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment and adapts the 30 Days of Night comic book/graphic novel series by IDW Publishing. It premiered in Hollywood, California on October 16th and had a wide theatrical release on October 19th.

Box Office & Reception
30 Days of Night opened theatrically in the United States on October 19th, 2007 in 2,859 theaters across the nation. It earned $15,951,902 on it's opening weekend, ranking number 1 across 2,855 theaters, averaging $5,587 per theater. The final theatrical screenings were held on November 25th, 2007. The film received moderately positive reviews from the nation's top critics, though it only ranked 49% "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times called it a "better than average" vampire movie that he felt was "well-made, well-photographed and "plausibly acted".

Notes & Trivia

 * 30 Days of Night was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures on February 26th, 2008.


 * Principal shooting for the film began on August 14th, 2006 and concluded on October 23rd.