White House Down blamed "the box office flop of the movie "White House Down" as a key reason for the weakness". White House Down White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich about an assault on the White House by a paramilitary group and the Capitol Police Officer who tries to stop them. The film's screenplay is by James Vanderbilt, and it stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jason Clarke, Joey King, and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles. The film was released on June 28, 2013 and grossed US$205 million worldwide.
Roland Emmerich by Sony Pictures for in March 2012. "The Hollywood Reporter" called it "one of the biggest spec sales in quite a while". The journal said the script was similar "tonally and thematically" to the films "Die Hard", "Air Force One" and "Olympus Has Fallen" (2013). Emmerich began filming in July 2012 at the La Cité Du Cinéma in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The film was released on June 28, 2013 in the United States. Emmerich's most recent film, "", the sequel to "Independence Day", was released on June 24, 2016. Emmerich owns homes in Los Angeles, New York City, London and