<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $17 - 21 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $241.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Quiet Place is a 2018 American horror film directed by John Krasinski, who stars alongside Emily Blunt, his wife . The plot follows a family who must live life in silence while hiding from creatures which hunt exclusively by sound . The film is produced by Michael Bay's company, Platinum Dunes, which is also owned by Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller . The screenplay was written by Krasinski, Bryan Woods, and Scott Beck, based on a story by Woods and Beck . Beck and Woods began working on the story in 2013, and Paramount Pictures bought their spec script in 2017 . Krasinski then joined as a director and wrote a new draft of the script . Principal photography took place later in the year in upstate New York . </P> <P> A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018 and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures . It has grossed $241 million worldwide and received acclaim from critics, who called it a "smart, wickedly frightening good time ." A sequel is currently in development . </P>

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