Doctor Strange (2016)
The impossibilities are endless.
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 25 October 2016 |
| Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Action |
| Director | Scott Derrickson |
| Starring | Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rachel McAdams |
| Runtime | 115 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 89% · Rotten Tomatoes (average) 7.3/10 · Metacritic 72/100 · TMDB users 7.4/10 |
| Budget | $165 million |
| Box office | $678 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Scott Derrickson directs a 115-minute fantasy action film that trades medical precision for mystical chaos. Benedict Cumberbatch plays a surgeon whose ego is as brittle as his hands, and the movie leans hard into that arrogance. It is a loud, colorful spectacle where gravity is a suggestion and logic is a casualty. The tagline promises endless impossibilities, and the film delivers them. It does not ask for your patience; it asks for your suspension of disbelief. It is a visual feast that treats your attention span like a resource to be spent, not saved.
How it did with audiences
It cost $165 million and took in $678 million worldwide, a spread that turns a superhero movie into a solid business case. In Northern America, it pulled in $222 million, proving the magic worked even when the audience already knew the trick. On TMDB, users rate it 7.4 out of 10.
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Sources
- Doctor Strange on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q18406872 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Doctor Strange (2016 film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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