The Day After Tomorrow facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsThe Day After Tomorrow
Directed by	Roland Emmerich
Produced by	Roland Emmerich; Mark Gordon
Written by	Roland Emmerich; Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Starring	Dennis Quaid; Jake Gyllenhaal; Emmy Rossum; Ian Holm; Sela Ward
Music by	Harald Kloser
Cinematography	Ueli Steiger
Editing by	David Brenner
Studio	Centropolis Entertainment; Lions Gate
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	May 24, 2004 (New York City premiere); May 28, 2004 (United States)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Money made	$544,272,402

The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American/Canadian science fiction disaster movie. It was produced and directed by Roland Emmerich. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was released in Mexico City on May 17, 2004, and worldwide from May 26 to May 28.

The movie follows a series of severe weather events that take place around the world as a result of global warming. Among these events:

Japan is hit by a large hail storm.
Los Angeles is hit by tornadoes.
New Delhi is hit by a blizzard.
New York is hit by a very strong thunderstorm that causes a large storm surge. Later, the storm turns into a blizzard. The storm has a hurricane-like eye with cold air that instantly freezes anything it comes in contact with.

These events cause global cooling, which eventually starts a new ice age.

The movie made $186,740,799 in North America and Canada, and $542,771,772 worldwide. It was inspired by the book The Coming Global Superstorm, co-authored by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber.

Cast

Dennis Quaid as Professor Jack Hall
Jake Gyllenhaal as Sam Hall
Ian Holm as Professor Terry Rapson
Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman
Sela Ward as Dr. Lucy Hall
Dash Mihok as Jason Evans
Kenneth Welsh as Vice President/President Raymond Becker
Jay O. Sanders as Frank Harris
Austin Nichols as J.D.
Perry King as President Blake
Nestor Serrano as Tom Gomez
Adrian Lester as Simon
Sheila McCarthy Judith
Arjay Smith as Brian Parks
Glenn Plummer as Luther
Tamlyn Tomita as Janet Tokada

Release dates

Country	Premiere
United Arab Emirates	26 May 2004
Belgium	26 May 2004
Bahrain	26 May 2004
Switzerland	26 May 2004 (French speaking region)
Egypt	26 May 2004
France	26 May 2004
Indonesia	26 May 2004
Israel	26 May 2004
Iceland	26 May 2004
Kuwait	26 May 2004
Philippines	26 May 2004
Argentina	27 May 2004
Austria	27 May 2004
Australia	27 May 2004
Bolivia	27 May 2004
Switzerland	27 May 2004 (German speaking region)
Colombia	27 May 2004
Czech Republic	27 May 2004
Germany	27 May 2004
Dominican Republic	27 May 2004
United Kingdom	27 May 2004
Hong Kong	27 May 2004
Croatia	27 May 2004
Hungary	27 May 2004
Jamaica	27 May 2004
Lebanon	27 May 2004
Malaysia	27 May 2004
Netherlands	27 May 2004
New Zealand	27 May 2004
Peru	27 May 2004
Puerto Rico	27 May 2004
Portugal	27 May 2004
Serbia	27 May 2004
Russia	27 May 2004
Sweden	27 May 2004
Singapore	27 May 2004
Slovenia	27 May 2004
Slovakia	27 May 2004
Bulgaria	28 May 2004
Brazil	28 May 2004
Canada	28 May 2004
Switzerland	28 May 2004 (Italian speaking region)
Chile	28 May 2004
China	28 May 2004
Denmark	28 May 2004
Ecuador	28 May 2004
Estonia	28 May 2004
Spain	28 May 2004
Finland	28 May 2004
Greece	28 May 2004
Guatemala	28 May 2004
Ireland	28 May 2004
India	28 May 2004
Italy	28 May 2004
Kazakhstan	28 May 2004
Lithuania	28 May 2004
Latvia	28 May 2004
Mexico	28 May 2004
Norway	28 May 2004
Panama	28 May 2004
Poland	28 May 2004
Paraguay	28 May 2004
Romania	28 May 2004
Thailand	28 May 2004
Turkey	28 May 2004
Trinidad and Tobago	28 May 2004
Taiwan	28 May 2004
United States	28 May 2004
Uruguay	28 May 2004
Venezuela	28 May 2004
South Africa	28 May 2004
South Korea	4 June 2004
Japan	5 June 2004