Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence is a 2016 American buddy action comedy film directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and written by Thurber, Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen. The film stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson as two old high school classmates who go on the run after one of them joins the CIA to save the world from a terrorist who intends to sell satellite codes.

Central Intelligence
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rawson Marshall Thurber
Screenplay by	Ike Barinholtz David Stassen Rawson Marshall Thurber
Story by	Ike Barinholtz David Stassen
Produced by	Scott Stuber Peter Principato Paul Young Michael Fottrell
Starring	Kevin Hart Dwayne Johnson Amy Ryan Aaron Paul Danielle Nicolet
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Edited by	Mike Sale Brian Olds
Music by	Theodore Shapiro Ludwig Göransson
Production companies	New Line Cinema Universal Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Perfect World Pictures Bluegrass Films Principato-Young Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (North America) Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates	June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) (Regency Village Theater) June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) (United States)
Running time	116 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million[2]
Box office	$217 million[3]

The film premiered in Los Angeles on June 10, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2016. Central Intelligence received praise from critics for Hart and Johnson's performances but criticism for the script, and grossed $217 million worldwide against its $50 million budget.[4]