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A Quiet Place: Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One is a 2024 American apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski. It is the third installment in the A Quiet Place film series, serving as a spin-off and prequel. The film stars Lupita Nyong'o as a terminally ill woman during the beginning stages of an invasion in New York City by extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. The supporting cast includes Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, and Djimon Hounsou, who reprises his role from the second film.

A Quiet Place: Day One
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Sarnoski
Screenplay byMichael Sarnoski
Story by
Based onCharacters
by Bryan Woods
Scott Beck
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPat Scola
Edited by
Music byAlexis Grapsas
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26) (Tribeca)
  • June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$67 million
Box office$98.5 million[3][4]

Development on A Quiet Place: Day One began in November 2020, with Jeff Nichols set to write and direct. By May 2021, Nichols' script had been completed, but in October 2021 he dropped out of the film due to creative differences. In January 2022, Sarnoski was announced to replace Nichols as writer and director; he was approached by Krasinski because of his feature directorial debut Pig (2021). Principal photography took place from February 2023 to April 2023 in London, England.

A Quiet Place: Day One premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 26, 2024, and was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 28, 2024. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $98 million worldwide.

Plot

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Samira, a terminally ill cancer patient, lives at a hospice outside New York City with her cat, Frodo. One day, Reuben, a care worker, convinces a reluctant Sam to join a group outing to a marionette show in Manhattan. During the trip, the group notices meteor-like objects crashing into the city. Shortly afterward, hostile extraterrestrial creatures begin to attack people. In the ensuing chaos, Sam is knocked unconscious.

Sam later wakes up inside the puppet theater with Frodo and other survivors. Everyone is quiet, and she is signaled by fellow survivor Henri to avoid making any noise. Announcements from overhead military helicopters warn civilians to stay silent and hidden until rescues can be made. Sam witnesses the bridges leading out of Manhattan being bombed, to prevent the creatures from leaving the island. One of the survivors begins to panic, which causes Henri to accidentally kill him in the process of keeping him silent.

Later that night, the national power grid cuts out, causing the building's backup generator to noisily activate. Reuben turns it off, but the noise attracts a creature that kills him. A distraught Sam takes Frodo and leaves for Harlem. The military announces it is preparing to evacuate civilians by boat from South Street Seaport, because the creatures are unable to swim. Groups of people start leaving buildings towards the evacuation point, but the sheer volume of their movement together in crowds creates noise that alerts the creatures, who attack them and cause a stampede. Sam flees in the opposite direction and is separated from Frodo.

Eric, an English law student, escapes a flooded subway station and encounters Frodo, following him back to Sam. She attempts to convince Eric to go to the evacuation point, but Eric is shell-shocked and follows Sam back to her apartment instead, where she hopes to find pain medication. While there, Eric learns Sam is an acclaimed and published poet. Sam and Eric later agree to travel together and narrowly avoid the creatures as they make their way to Harlem. Along the way, Eric gets Sam's medication for her from a nearby pharmacy, and when trying to collect Frodo on the way back, discovers a group of creatures led by a larger one feeding on organic "eggs" from the asteroids. Sam tells him that, as a child, she used to watch her late father play jazz at a club and would get pizza with him at Patsy's afterward, something Sam always wanted to do before she died. Eric fulfills Sam's wish by taking her to the club, collecting pizza from another store, and performing a magic card trick to cheer her up.

Later, Eric and Sam see boats in the river, filled with survivors escaping Manhattan. As the two leave together, creatures start to congregate along the shore. Sam gives Frodo to Eric and runs off to distract the creatures by smashing car windows, while Eric jumps into the water and is pulled up into a boat by Henri. He then finds a note in his jacket from Sam, telling him to take care of Frodo and thanking Eric for reminding her to live.

Sometime later, Sam walks into an empty street as she listens to Nina Simone's recording of "Feeling Good" on her iPod. Accepting her imminent fate, Sam smiles as she unplugs the earphones and lets the music blare just as a creature appears behind her.

Cast

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Schitnzel and Nico portrayed Frodo. Denis O'Hare filmed scenes for the movie, but his scenes were cut from the theatrical release.

Production

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In November 2020, Paramount Pictures announced a spin-off film set within the same world as A Quiet Place (2018), with Jeff Nichols set to write and direct, based on a story by John Krasinski. The film is a co-production between Platinum Dunes and Sunday Night Productions, with Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and Krasinski producing.[9][10] In May 2021, Krasinski announced that Nichols' script was complete and submitted to the studio.[11] By October, however, Nichols had dropped out of the film due to creative differences,[12] and in January 2022, Michael Sarnoski was announced to replace Nichols as writer and director.[13] Krasinski approached Sarnoski after seeing his indie feature directorial debut, Pig (2021). Sarnoski cited Children of Men (2006) as an inspiration for the film's look.[14]

Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn came on board to star in November 2022.[15][16] Nyong'o's character in the film has a cat, Frodo. The actress had asked Sarnoski if they could change the animal due to a fear of cats, which she ultimately overcame with cat therapy.[17] Paramount executives initially wanted Frodo to be computer-generated, but Sarnoski's insistence for a real cat changed their minds.[18] Alex Wolff, who starred in Sarnoski's Pig, was cast in January 2023.[19] Djimon Hounsou reprised his unnamed character from A Quiet Place Part II (2020), now revealed to be named "Henri."[20][21]

Principal photography took place from February 6 to April 11, 2023, in London, though the film is set in New York City.[22][23] Simon Bowles was the production designer, and Pat Scola, who worked on Pig, served as cinematographer.[24][25] The backlot at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden was utilized to recreate four NYC blocks, each two stories high, including Chinatown, Manhattan. Bowles designed 3D models of his sets through SketchUp to allow Sarnoski and Scola to test angles beforehand. London Charing Cross was used to shoot the subway sequence.[24] During post-production, Alexis Grapsas composed the film's score and Industrial Light & Magic completed the visual effects.[26][27] The film's budget was $67 million.[28]

Release

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The world premiere of A Quiet Place: Day One was held at the Tribeca Festival on June 26, 2024, as a special presentation taking place after the festival itself, which was held from June 5–16.[29] It was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 28, 2024.[30] It was previously scheduled to be released on March 31, 2023, then on September 22, 2023, and on March 8, 2024.[31][32]

Reception

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Box office

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As of June 30, 2024, A Quiet Place: Day One has grossed $53 million in the United States and Canada, and $45.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $98.5 million.[3][4]

In the United States and Canada, A Quiet Place: Day One was released alongside Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, and was projected to gross $40–50 million from 3,708 theaters in its opening weekend.[33][28] The film made $22.5 million on its first day, including $6.8 million from Thursday night previews, the best of the series.[34] It went on to debut to $53 million, finishing second behind Inside Out 2.[35]

Critical response

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Critics found the film tense though less terrifying than its predecessors, and praised the performances, including the cat Frodo.[36] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 164 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Grounded in raw humanity by Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn, this sideways entry into A Quiet Place finds fresh notes of fright to play amongst the silence."[37] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 49 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[38] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film.[34]

Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+ and stated, "Anyone who has seen the previous A Quiet Place films knows that an exuberant happy ending is not awaiting Samira and Eric but, in the time they have together, perhaps they can find things that will make life a little better. You can see this same sensitivity with performers in A Quiet Place: Day One. Nyong’o walks from Chinatown to Harlem for a slice of pizza even though aliens are killing everyone in the city. On paper, that’s idiotic. But somehow, this movie ends up being quite touching in between scenes when it’s making you jump."[39] A two and a half star review at RogerEbert.com stated, "There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding A Quiet Place: Day One together, even if it sometimes feels like a first draft of a richer, more complex final film."[40] Rating it three out of five stars, Peter Bradshaw's review for The Guardian read: "It's an efficient, if familiar, spectacle of suspense."[41]

Variety criticised the fact that most of the film was "tiptoeing through a mostly off-screen apocalypse", which "signif[ied] nothing".[42]

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