Pacific Rim Uprising

Pacific Rim Uprising
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven S. DeKnight
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Travis Beacham
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDan Mindel
Edited by
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150–176 million
Box office$290.9 million

Pacific Rim Uprising is a 2018 American monster action film, the sequel to Pacific Rim (2013). The film was directed by Steven S. DeKnight, and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T. S. Nowlin. The ensemble cast includes John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Jing Tian, Adria Arjona and Zhang Jin, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman returning from the original film. Set ten years after the events of the first film, Pacific Rim Uprising sees former pilot and Marshal Stacker Pentecost's son, Jake, returning to the Pan Pacific Defense Corps to stop a renewed Kaiju threat. Principal photography began in November 2016 in Queensland, Australia.

Pacific Rim Uprising premiered in Hollywood, on March 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 23, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics. With a gross of $291 million, it was considered a box-office disappointment. It was followed by an animated television series in 2021.