Storyline
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?
Distribution:
Danny Boyle wanted to do a film where he followed the actor like they did in the movie 'The Wrestler'. So he said 127 Hours is his version of that. Boyle and Fox Searchlight announced plans to create 127 Hours in November 2009. Filming began in March 2010 in Utah. Boyle intended to shoot the first part of the film with no dialogue. By June 17, 2010, the film was in post-production.
20th Century Fox was the main distributors for the US and other countries such as Australia, Japan, Germany and others. However Pathé was the main distributor for France and also the UK. There were also various production companies including, Film4, Everest Entertainment and Cloud Eight Films.
Box Office:
The movies estimated budget for the film was $18million. On its opening weekend in the US it made $264,851 (4 Screens) in the UK it made £2,168,570 (9 January 2011) (310 Screens). The movie increased its profit further in the coming weekends, and its highest weekend gross in the UK was £805,418 (23 January 2011) (346 Screens). The worldwide gross, which is the total US gross added to the International gross, was $44,070,544, £27,080,250.
Premiere:
The premiere for 127 hours, closed the London Film Festival in Leicester Square on 28 October 2010.
On the left is the real life man the movie was based on, Aron Ralston, in the middle is the Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, and on the right is the actor who played Aron in the movie, James Franco. 127 Hours also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010, following its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.
Distribution:
Danny Boyle wanted to do a film where he followed the actor like they did in the movie 'The Wrestler'. So he said 127 Hours is his version of that. Boyle and Fox Searchlight announced plans to create 127 Hours in November 2009. Filming began in March 2010 in Utah. Boyle intended to shoot the first part of the film with no dialogue. By June 17, 2010, the film was in post-production. 
Box Office:
The movies estimated budget for the film was $18million. On its opening weekend in the US it made $264,851 (4 Screens) in the UK it made £2,168,570 (9 January 2011) (310 Screens). The movie increased its profit further in the coming weekends, and its highest weekend gross in the UK was £805,418 (23 January 2011) (346 Screens). The worldwide gross, which is the total US gross added to the International gross, was $44,070,544, £27,080,250.
Premiere:
On the left is the real life man the movie was based on, Aron Ralston, in the middle is the Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, and on the right is the actor who played Aron in the movie, James Franco. 127 Hours also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010, following its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.
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