Extract (film)

Extract
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Judge
Written byMike Judge
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTim Suhrstedt
Edited byJulia Wong
Music byGeorge S. Clinton
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films (United States)
ContentFilm International (Overseas)
Release date
  • September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million
Box office$10.8 million

Extract is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge, about the owner of a small flavor extract company balancing problems at work and in his home life. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck, with J. K. Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr., and Dustin Milligan.

Judge described Extract as his companion piece to Office Space (1999), being focused on the boss's perspective rather than the workers'. The director relied on his own knowledge of the industrial world having actually worked in a factory, and much of the film was shot in a working water bottling plant in City of Commerce, California.

Extract was theatrically released in the United States on September 4, 2009. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $10.8 million worldwide against a budget of $8 million.