<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $90 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green . A sequel to Blade Runner (1982), the film stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto in supporting roles . Set thirty years after the original film, the story depicts a replicant blade runner named K, who discovers the remains of a once - pregnant replicant . To prevent a possible war between replicants and humans, K is secretly tasked with finding the child and destroying all evidence related to it, leading him to discover that the child bears a connection to missing blade runner Rick Deckard . </P> <P> Principal photography took place in Budapest, Hungary between July and November 2016 . Blade Runner 2049 premiered in Los Angeles on October 3, 2017 and was released in the United States on October 6, 2017, in 2D, 3D and IMAX . The film received acclaim from critics, with some regarding it as one of the best sequels ever made . </P> <P> In 2049, bioengineered humans called replicants have been integrated into society . K, a newer replicant model created to obey, works as a "blade runner" for the LAPD, hunting down and "retiring" rogue older model replicants . His home - life is spent with his holographic girlfriend Joi, an artificial intelligence product of Wallace Corporation . </P>

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