<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $30 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $150.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten . It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister, as Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht swept across Western Europe, threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II . The German advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler, and Churchill, who refused . The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup . </P> <P> The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017, and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival . It began a limited release in the United States on 22 November 2017, followed by general release on 22 December, and was released on 12 January 2018 in the United Kingdom . The film grossed $150 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics . </P>

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