The Martian is a 2015 British-American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. With the screenplay by Drew Goddard, based on the Andy Weir's 2011 novel of the same name. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2015, while the London premiere was held on September 24, 2015. The film was released in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2015 and in the United States on October 2, 2015, distributed by 20th Century Fox in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and 4DX. The Martian went on to gross over $589 million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date, as well as the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2015.