Japan Synopsis
“Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller is done following orders”
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.
Audience Engagement
2,019 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (99th percentile) outruns trending popularity (84th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Other Titles From Universal Pictures
War + Action in Japan
52 Japan titles in our catalog blend the War and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Green Zone itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Green Zone holds position #251 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Green Zone premiered alongside 136 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 55m runtime, production spent $870K per minute on screen and earned $825K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2297th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Green Zone, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- iraq war · 4
- weapon of mass destruction · 2
- baghdad · 2
- iraqi · 1
- near east · 1
- soldier · 29
- conspiracy · 17
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,064 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan War productions specifically: #79 of 105 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Arabic |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, dentsu |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | March 11, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt0947810 |
| Official Site | www.greenzonemovie.com |