

Daybreakers
In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us.
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
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6.3/10
2,282 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $51.4M
- Language
- English
- experiment
- sunrise
- waitress
- vampire
- dystopia
- rain
- sunlight
- undead
- scientist
- epidemic
- death
- dead
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Produced in
United States of America, Australia
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAustin Fantastic Fest1 Oct 2009
- TheatricalR8 Jan 2010
- PhysicalR4K Ultra HD SteelBook16 Sept 2025
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical156 Jan 2010
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+4 Feb 2010
CanadaCA
- PremierePGToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1225 Aug 2010
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical1511 Mar 2010
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical158 Jun 2010
FranceFR
- Theatrical123 Mar 2010
- Physical12DVD & Blu-Ray12 Jul 2010
- Digital / OTTVOD8 Feb 2013
- Digital / OTT12Prime Video6 Mar 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical164 Feb 2010
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1525 Mar 2010
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT161 Apr 2010
IrelandIE
- Theatrical168 Jan 2010
Frequently asked questions
Daybreakers was released on 6 January 2010.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
JPV852
8/29/2019
Not great but still entertaining vampire movie with a fun twist at the end. I'm not usually the biggest fan of vampire films, or zombie ones for that matter (I'm more a fan of classic slashers like Halloween and Friday the 13th) but this one wasn't too bad, aside from the occasional terrible CGI blood. Also helped that the film has Willem Dafoe in it, who I wish was the central character (though Hawke was by no means…
- D6/10
Dr Nostromo
4/7/2026
62/100 Ten years after an outbreak that turned most of the human race into vampires, a blood doctor is trying to develop substitute blood to prevent the extinction of humans, and, in turn, the vampires food supply. This was acted well and quite entertaining but it had its problems. It didn't have the final emotional oomph that it needed to get me fully engaged. The so-called 'cure' logically would have been figure…
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