Due Date

Due Date
A man in a ragged blue shirt with his wrist in a cast, and his arm on the shoulder of a smiling bearded man holding a bulldog that is wearing a protective cone around its neck.the Grand Canyon is in the background.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTodd Phillips
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Alan R. Cohen
  • Alan Freedland
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLawrence Sher
Edited byDebra Neil-Fisher
Music byChristophe Beck
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31) (Night Visions)
  • November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65 million
Box office$212 million

Due Date is a 2010 American black comedy road film directed by Todd Phillips, who wrote the screenplay with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel. The film follows a man (Robert Downey Jr.) who must get across the country to Los Angeles in time for the birth of his child and is forced to road-trip with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis). Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, and Jamie Foxx also star. Shot in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the film premiered at Night Visions on October 31, 2010 and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 5, 2010. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $212 million worldwide against a $65 million budget.