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Super 8

Summary: During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Runtime: 1 h 52 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 50,000,000
Domestic: $ 127,004,179
International: $ 133,091,807
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