Warcraft (alternatively known as Warcraft: The Beginning)[4] is a 2016 American action-fantasy film directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones, Charles Leavitt and Chris Metzen. It is based on the Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of Azeroth. The film stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky and Daniel Wu. The film portrays the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs and takes place in a variety of locations established in the video game series.[5] The film was first announced in 2006 as a project partnership between Legendary Pictures and the game’s developer, Blizzard Entertainment.[6]

Warcraft premiered in Paris on May 24, 2016, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June 10, 2016.[7] The film grossed $433 million worldwide and is the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time,[3][8] although it was still considered a mild financial disappointment due to its very large $160 million budget.[9] The film made over $220 million in China alone, representing more than half of its global total box office.[9]

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