<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $35 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $62.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 American romance survival drama film, directed by Hany Abu - Assad and written by Chris Weitz and J. Mills Goodloe, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Charles Martin . It stars Idris Elba and Kate Winslet as a surgeon and a journalist, respectively, who survive a plane crash, with a dog, and are stranded in High Uintas Wilderness with injuries and harsh weather conditions . The film premiered on September 9, 2017, at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 6, 2017, by 20th Century Fox . </P> <P> After the cancellation of their flights out of Boise Airport due to stormy weather, neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Bass (Idris Elba) and photojournalist Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) contact Walter (Beau Bridges), a local private pilot to get to Alex's wedding (scheduled for the following day) and Ben's emergency surgery appointment in Baltimore, Maryland . They board an uncharted flight with Walter's dog . Shortly after takeoff, Walter suffers a stroke, causing the plane to crash on a mountaintop . Ben, Alex and the dog survive the incident with various injuries, but Walter is killed . </P>

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