White House Down

White House Down
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roland Emmerich
Produced by	Roland Emmerich Bradley J. Fischer Harald Kloser James Vanderbilt Larry Franco Laeta Kalogridis
Written by	James Vanderbilt
Starring	Channing Tatum Jamie Foxx Maggie Gyllenhaal Jason Clarke Richard Jenkins James Woods
Music by	Harald Kloser Thomas Wander
Cinematography	Anna Foerster
Edited by	Adam Wolfe
Production company	Centropolis Entertainment Mythology Entertainment
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) (United States)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million
Box office	$205 million

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 $205 million worldwide.

President of the United States James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) generates controversy over a proposed peace treaty between the allied nations to remove military forces from the Middle East. Divorced US Capitol Police officer John Cale (Channing Tatum) is currently assigned to Speaker of the House Eli Raphelson (Richard Jenkins) after saving his nephew's life during a tour in Afghanistan.

Cale hopes to impress his politically obsessed daughter Emily (Joey King) by getting a job interview for the Secret Service Presidential Detail, while also getting tickets for the two of them to tour the White House. However, his interviewer, Secret Service Special Agent Carol Finnerty (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a former college acquaintance of his, believes him to be unqualified due to his disrespect towards authority, and subsequently deems him ineligible for the job.