Directed by Chris Columbus   Written by Tim Herlihy   Timothy Dowling   Patrick Jean   Cast Adam Sandler ... Brenner Kevin James ... President Will Cooper Michelle Monaghan ... Violet Peter Dinklage ... Eddie Josh Gad ... Ludlow Lamonsoff Matt Lintz ... Matty Van Patten Brian Cox ... Admiral Porter Sean Bean ... Corporal Hill (SAS Officer) Jane Krakowski ... First Lady Jane Cooper Dan Aykroyd ... 1982 Championship MC Affion Crockett ... Sergeant Dylan Cohan Lainie Kazan ... Mickey Lamonsoff Ashley Benson ... Lady Lisa Denis Akiyama ... Professor Iwatani Tom McCarthy ... Michael the Robot Tim Herlihy ... Defense Secretary Jackie Sandler ... President's Assistant Jennifer (as Jacqueline Sandler) Jared Sandler ... White House Junior Aide Jared William S. Taylor ... Navy Secretary Rose Rollins ... White House Press Secretary Tucker Smallwood ... CIA Chief Serena Williams ... Serena Willams Martha Stewart ... Martha Stewart Allen Covert ... Abusive Citizen Bill Lake ... NY Police Commissioner Mark Whelan ... Colonel Devereux Dan Patrick ... White House Reporter #1 Robert Smigel ... White House Reporter #2 Steve Koren ... White House Reporter #3 Sadie Sandler ... Lemonadie Sadie Sunny Sandler ... Sweet Scout Girl Hannah Covert ... Arcader Choir Girl Abigail Covert ... Classroom Scout Girl Sienna James ... Classroom Scout Girl Shea James ... Classroom Scout Girl (as Shea Joelle James) Chris Titone ... Soccer Player Jonathan Loughran ... White House Gate Guard Toru Iwatani ... Electric Dream Factory Repairman Anthony Ippolito ... 13-Year Old Brenner Jared Riley ... 13-Year Old Cooper Andrew Bambridge ... 13-Year Old Eddie Jacob Shinder ... 8-Year Old Ludlow Jack Fulton ... Little Boy on London Street Kevin Grady ... Samurai Gamer Bridget Graham ... Cyber Chick Jocelyn Hudon ... Cyber Chick Margaret Killingbeck ... Old Woman in London Apartment Ron Mustafa ... Indian Teenage Boy Meher Pavri ... Indian Teenage Girl Annika Pergament ... New Reporter Lamont James ... Seal James Preston Rogers ... Seal Bola Olubowale ... Seal Rob Archer ... Seal Mark Sparks ... Fighter Pilot Steve Wiebe ... DARPA Scientist Sara Haines ... TV News Anchor Derwin Phillips ... Secret Service Man Michael Boisvert ... Secret Service Man Colleen Reynolds ... Abusive Citizen Jimi Shlag ... Abusive Citizen Emily Jenkins ... Abusive Citizen Sistah Lois ... Sergeant Cohan's Mother Andrew McMichael ... Arcade Employee Gary Douglas ... DC Valet Eric Trask ... Warden Susie McLean ... Press Person Daryl Hall ... Daryl Hall John Oates ... John Oates Matt Frewer ... Max Headroom (voice) Billy West ... Additional Character Voice (voice) Holly Beavon ... Additional Character Voice (voice) Uncredited Cast Carlos Alazraqui ... Tattoo (voice) Angelica Alejandro ... Guest Shreyansh Anand ... Gamer Devlin Anderson ... Bar Patron Raffi Atamian ... Pedestrian Brittany Athey ... Bike Rider Peter Bavis ... White House Reporter Grant Bradley ... Helpful Fireman Rowdy Brown ... Game Dude Tony Carlucci ... Trumpet Player Christine Chiem ... Agent Lan16 Richard Cole ... News Reporter Cyndy Day ... Presidential Ball Attendee Timothy Dowling ... Navy Seal Hooman Esmailzadeh ... Pedestrian Luke Flint ... Reciting Child Jason Frye ... Soldier Michael Garvey ... Pedestrian Derrick Gauthier ... British Soldier Alexandra Harris ... Girl in Store Darrell Hicks ... Secret Service Jamie Hodge ... Pedestrian / Jogger Ken Holliday ... Pedestrian Joshua Holmes ... Arcader Dexter Howe ... National Guardsman Mellanie Hubert ... Girl Shane Clinton Jarvis ... Navy Seal Alexander Kalomiris ... Photographer Johnny Larocque ... Courier Elizabeth Jeanne le Roux ... Guest Aimee Lenihan ... Girl on Bus Kylie Lenihan ... Girl on Bus Jose Lizarde Jr. ... Motion Capture Performer Jean Christophe Loustau ... SWAT Team Member Fabio Lusvarghi ... White House Staff Madonna ... Alien Madonna (archive footage) Tyler Malazo ... Choir Kid Tara Mason ... Lab Tech Rick McFadden ... NYC Pedestrian Neal McNeil ... Secret Service Agent Jeff Medd ... Pedestrian Ethan Mitchell ... DARPA Lab Technician Ricardo Montalban ... Alien Mr. Roarke (archive footage) Jill Morgan ... Passerby Alessandro Neri ... Runner Nathan Neutel ... Choir Kid #4 Daryn Pancer ... Soldier Wendy Paquette ... White House Reporter David Parisian ... Government Official Dallas Peplow ... Navy Seal Howard Pont ... Grateful Passerby Bryan Ratushniak ... Firefighter Dave Reachill ... Lab Technician Ronald Reagan ... Alien Ronald Reagan (archive footage) Kyle Reaume ... British Military Soldier Ben Reimer ... UKSF Adam Reynolds ... Soldier Drew Riedstra ... White House Guest Ivana Ruegg ... Ballroom Guest Vincenzo Ruggieri Calvano ... Runner Kelsey Saunders ... Secret Service Agent Fiona Shaw ... Prime Minister Al Sotto ... Pedestrian Kelly Michael Stewart ... White House Reporter Nick Swardson ... Pac-Man Victim Dylan Sypher ... UKSF Matthew Alan Taylor ... Dad Phillip James Tremblay ... DARPA Tech Larry Vang ... Guest Hervé Villechaize ... Alien Tattoo (archive footage) Mran Volkhard ... Navy Seal Dallas Wade ... British Army Sargent Eryn Young ... Girl in Arcade Produced by Johnny Alves   Michael Barnathan   Barry Bernardi   Matias Boucard   Chris Columbus   Allen Covert   Benjamin Darras   Jack Giarraputo   Seth Gordon   Kevin Grady   Tim Herlihy   Patrick Jean   Yuka Kato   Steve Koren   Lyn Lucibello   Heather Parry   Mark Radcliffe   Adam Sandler   Ben Waisbren   Original Music by Henry Jackman

Additional Info Premiere: April 17, 2015 Theatrical Release: July 24, 2015 DVD Release: October 27, 2015 Blu-ray Release: October 27, 2015 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures (presents) LStar Capital (in association with) China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) (in association with) Happy Madison Productions (Happy Madison) 1492 Pictures Film Croppers Entertainment (in association with) Prime Focus Distributors Columbia Pictures   (2015) (United States) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Releasing   (2015) (United States) (theatrical) Amazon Freevee   (2022) (United States) (video) Sony Pictures Releasing   (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2015) (United States) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Syfy   (2022) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.6 / 10 Our Rating 5.8 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.8 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,189 / 21,127 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,185 Devil (2010) #1,186 Ghost In The Shell (1995) #1,187 Monster (2022) #1,188 Babylon (2022) #1,189 Pixels (2015) #1,190 Mr. Brooks (2007) #1,191 Scary Movie 3 (2003) #1,192 Shoot 'Em Up (2007) #1,193 Despicable Me 3 (2017)