Flight (2012)

 

Release date: November 2, 2012

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: John Gatins

Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle

Estimated budget: $31 million

U.S. Box Office: $93.7 million

Foreign: $68 million

Worldwide: $161.7 million

 

​Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.