We Own the Night is a 2007 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written and directed by James Gray and produced by Marc Butan, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Nick Wechsler under the banner of 2929 Productions. A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men. We own the night features Joaquin Phoenix in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Danny Hoch, Alex Veadov and Oleg Taktarov. The music was composed by Wojciech Kilar. Cinematography was done by Joaqu n Baca-Asay and editing by John Axelrad. The movie has a running time of 117 minutes. It was released on 12th October 2007. The Film was successful at box office. We Own the Night was made on a budget of $21 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $55 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Columbia Pictures.