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GenreHorror & Sci-Fi
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 40 mins
ReleasedMay 11, 2007
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
StarringRobert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
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| 28 Weeks Later's Details | |
| Genre | Horror & Sci-Fi |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 04/26/2007 (London); 05/11/2007 (United Kingdom/United States); 06/29/2007 (Spain) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Budget | $15M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States, Spain |
| Language | English |
| 28 Weeks Later's Interests | |
| General | Quarantine zones, rooftop snipers, empty London streets, helicopters, curfews. |
| Music | John Murphy, bringing back his nerve-shredding theme from the first film. |
| Movies | 28 Days Later (2002), where the outbreak began. 28 Years Later (2025), the follow-up. |
| Television | The Walking Dead. Same problem, eleven seasons. |
| Heroes | Scarlet. The army doctor asking all the right questions. |
| 28 Weeks Later's Crew | |
| Director | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo |
| Writers | Rowan Joffé, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, E. L. Lavigne, Jesús Olmo |
| Producers | Enrique López Lavigne, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich |
| Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
| Music | John Murphy |
| Edited By | Chris Gill |
| Production | Fox Atomic, DNA Films, Figment Films, Sogecine, Koan Films |
| Distributed By | 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom), Fox Atomic (United States) |
One caretaker’s keycard opens every door in the most guarded building in London, and the plot leans on that shortcut hard. 28 Weeks Later runs on people making the worst possible call at the worst possible moment. The opening, with Robert Carlyle making a split-second choice at a countryside hideout that he’ll never live down, is one of the tensest starts in modern horror. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo trades the first film’s lonely quiet for full-scale panic: snipers on rooftops, a locked shelter full of terrified people, and an army that loses control fast and then turns on everyone. Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner are solid as the only adults with a conscience. The camera shakes so hard in the chaos that you’ll sometimes lose track of who’s who. It made $72.3 million worldwide on a reported $15M. A 6.7 because the panic is real and the plot needs too many bad decisions to get there. $6,844 says you spot a staff-only door this week and decide, very wisely, to leave it alone.
What works: The opening is terrifying, and the way order collapses into panic is fierce and well staged.
What doesn’t: The plot depends on a caretaker’s keycard and a pile of bad decisions, and the shaky camera blurs the chaos.
Who it’s for: Horror fans who liked 28 Days Later and want a bigger, faster, angrier sequel.
Spoilers
Andy carries the virus without getting sick, and Scarlet and Doyle both die protecting the kids on the way out of London. Flynn flies Tammy and Andy to France, and the final shot shows the infected running near the Eiffel Tower.
The rage virus tore through Britain, and the infected eventually starved. Twenty-eight weeks after the outbreak, an American-led NATO force starts bringing people back to a guarded safe zone in London. Don (Robert Carlyle), who barely got away from an attack on a countryside hideout early on, is already working there when his kids Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) arrive. Army doctor Scarlet (Rose Byrne) and sniper Doyle (Jeremy Renner) are part of the team watching over everyone. Officially, it's safe. The kids miss home and sneak out of the zone to see their old house. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directs. Ninety-nine minutes, follow the curfew.
Anyone who reads the safety rules and actually follows them.
| Robert Carlyle | Don |
| Rose Byrne | Scarlet |
| Jeremy Renner | Doyle |
| Harold Perrineau | Flynn |
| Imogen Poots | Tammy |
| Mackintosh Muggleton | Andy |
| Catherine McCormack | Alice |
| Idris Elba | Stone |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 6.8 / 10 (369,607 votes) → 6.8 / 10 (369,644 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +400 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $72.3M; Domestic box office $28.6M; Opening weekend $9.8M; Profit / loss (est.) +$13.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 73%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 73% (200 reviews); Metacritic 78 / 100; IMDb users 6.8 / 10 (369,607 votes); movie.guru score 7.0.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.