Battleship (film)

{{short description|2012 military science fiction action film by Peter Berg}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Battleship

| image = Battleship Poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| alt = A man standing on the deck of a battleship, in front of him an alien craft rises up from the water

| director = Peter Berg

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Brian Goldner
Scott Stuber
Peter Berg
Sarah Aubrey
Duncan Henderson
Bennett Schneir

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

Jon Hoeber
Erich Hoeber

}}

| based_on = {{Based on|Battleship|Hasbro}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

}}

| music = Steve Jablonsky{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/05/31/steve-jablonsky-confirmed-to-score-battleship/|title=Steve Jablonsky Confirmed to Score 'Battleship'|publisher=Film Music Reporter|date=May 31, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2011|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402010040/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/05/31/steve-jablonsky-confirmed-to-score-battleship/|url-status=live}}

| cinematography = Tobias A. Schliessler

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Colby Parker Jr.
Billy Rich
Paul Rubell

}}

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Hasbro Studios
Bluegrass Films
Film 44

}}

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2012|04|03|Tokyo|2012|05|18|United States}}

| runtime = 131 minutes{{Cite Box Office Mojo|id=1440129 |title=Battleship |access-date=February 19, 2021}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $209–220 million{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/05/20/220-million-battleship-flop-sinks-not-only-universal-pictures-but-activision-game/ |title=$220 Million Battleship Flop Sinks Not Only Universal Pictures, But Activision Game |author=John Gaudiosi |magazine=Forbes |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=December 27, 2014 |quote=Universal Pictures sunk $220 million (not including its massive advertising budget) }}

| gross = $303 million

}}

Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film based on the board game of the same name by Hasbro. The film was directed by Peter Berg from a script by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna in her feature film debut, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in Hawaii and on {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}. In the film, the crews of a small group of warships are forced to battle against a naval fleet of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals.

Battleship premiered in Tokyo on April 3, 2012, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on May 18, 2012. The film received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box-office, grossing $303 million worldwide against a production budget of $209–220 million, losing both Universal and Hasbro $150 million.

Plot

In 2005, potentially habitable "Planet G" is discovered, and in 2006, a communications array to reach any extraterrestrial life is built in Oahu. There, Alex Hopper is arrested while attempting to impress Samantha "Sam" Shane, daughter of Admiral Terrance Shane. Alex’s brother, Commander Stone Hopper, forces Alex to join the U.S. Navy. Six years later, Alex is a lieutenant aboard the {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}} and in a relationship with Sam, a physical therapist working with wounded veterans. While Stone is a model officer commanding the {{USS|Sampson|DDG-102|6}}, the rebellious Alex, while showing plenty of potential, is facing a disciplinary discharge.

During the 2012 RIMPAC exercise, five alien spacecraft arrive. Their communications ship hits a satellite and crashes through the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, while the others plunge into the waters off the coast of Hawaii. Sampson, John Paul Jones, and Japanese destroyer JDS {{ship|JDS|Myōkō||2}} discover a floating structure that generates an impenetrable force field isolating the Hawaiian Islands and the three destroyers from the rest of the world, and jamming all radar and communications inside.

Three alien warships surface, and first contact devolves into a battle after the humans decide to fire a warning shot across the aliens' bow; Myōkō is destroyed, Sampson is lost with all hands including Stone, and John Paul Jones’ command crew are killed, leaving Alex to reluctantly assume command as the highest-ranking sailor on board. John Paul Jones disengages to recover Myōkō’s survivors, including Captain Yugi Nagata, while alien drones destroy Oahu’s military bases.

Hiking near the communications array, Sam and retired US Army lieutenant colonel and double amputee Mick Canales discover the aliens' presence. They encounter scientist Cal Zapata, who reveals the aliens have taken over the array to re-establish communications with their home planet. The John Paul Jones’ crew captures an alien, which telepathically shows Alex images of alien conflict and planetary destruction.

More aliens board and retrieve their comrade while one starts sabotaging the ship. Its armored suit proves impervious to small-arms fire but is obliterated by the destroyer’s 5-inch gun, and the captured alien's helmet reveals their eyes are sensitive to sunlight. Ashore, Sam, Mick, and Cal recover his spectrum analyzer, using it to radio John Paul Jones that the aliens will contact their planet and most likely call for reinforcements when the facility’s satellite is in position in four hours.

As night falls, Nagata suggests using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tsunami warning buoys around Hawaii to track the warships without radar; this plan works and allows John Paul Jones to destroy two of them. The third proves too elusive, so they lure it into facing east as the sun rises. Alex and Nagata shoot out its bridge windows with sniper rifles, blinding its crew with sunlight and allowing John Paul Jones to destroy it. The destroyer then attempts to target the communications array, but is sunk by drones launched from the alien structure emitting the force field; Alex, Nagata, and several other sailors barely escape.

The survivors commandeer the decommissioned World War II battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}} with the aid of retired Navy veterans. The floating structure is revealed to be a giant mothership, but Missouri disables the force field, allowing Admiral Shane to scramble fighter jets from the aircraft carrier {{USS|Ronald Reagan}}. The battleship’s turret carrying the ship’s last shell is disabled, forcing the sailors to carry the shell to the ship's last functioning turret. Sam, Mick, and Cal stall the aliens at the array, where Mick kills an alien soldier. Alex uses the final shell to destroy the array, rendering the Missouri defenseless, but the mothership’s drones are destroyed by Boeing F/A-18 fighter jets, as reinforcements carpet bomb the mothership, eliminating the alien threat.

Alex is promoted to lieutenant commander and presented with a Silver Star and his brother's posthumous Navy Cross. Admiral Shane promises Alex will soon have a ship of his own, while he is also recommended to become a Navy SEAL. Alex asks him for Sam’s hand in marriage; the admiral initially refuses, but invites Alex to lunch.

Cast

Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Alex Hopper, an undisciplined yet highly spirited U.S. Navy Weapons Officer assigned to {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}}.
Alexander Skarsgård as Commander Stone Hopper, Alex's older brother, commanding officer of {{USS|Sampson|DDG-102|6}}.
Rihanna as Gunner's Mate Second Class Cora Raikes, on {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}}.
Brooklyn Decker as Samantha Shane, a physical therapist and Alex's girlfriend.
Tadanobu Asano as Captain Yugi Nagata, JMSDF, Commanding Officer of {{Ship|JDS|Myōkō|DDG-175|6}} and Alex Hopper's rival turned friend.
Liam Neeson as Admiral Terrance Shane, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and father of Samantha Shane.
Hamish Linklater as Cal Zapata, a scientist working on O'ahu.
Jesse Plemons as Boatswain's mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord, on {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}}.
John Tui as Chief Petty Officer Walter "Beast" Lynch, a crew mate of {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}}.
Joji Yoshida as Chief Engineer Hiroki, a crew mate of JDS Myoko.
Gregory D. Gadson as Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales, a U.S. Army combat veteran and double amputee.
Adam Godley as Dr. Nogrady, the scientist leading the Beacon program.
Peter MacNicol as the U.S. Secretary of Defense
Jerry Ferrara as Sampson JOOD Strodell
Stephen Bishop as JPJ OOD
Josh Pence as Chief Moore
Rami Malek as Lieutenant Hill
Louis Lombardi as The Bartender
Gary Grubbs as USAF Chief of Staff

Production

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Battleship was greenlit with a production budget of $150 million but went through a troubled pre-production. Universal at one point considered canceling the film, which would have resulted in a $30 million loss. However, new chairman Adam Fogelson decided the studio would lose less money if they increased the budget of the film instead of outright cancelling it.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-mogul-of-the-middle|title=The Mogul of the Middle |magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 4, 2016 }} Filming was set to take place in Australia's Gold Coast in 2010, but changed location due to a lack of Australian government tax incentives and a high estimated budget of $220 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/03/27/202331_gold-coast-news.html |title=$100m Film Deal Sunk |publisher=goldcoast.com.au |date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004081035/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/03/27/202331_gold-coast-news.html |url-status=live }}

Filming took place in the United States on the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Oahu, as well as on the mainland where they had to film a few apartment scenes in Sherman Oaks, California. A driving scene and a shootout were filmed in Playa del Rey, California.{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Holcombe |url=http://www.alohaupdate.com/2010/09/08/first-pictures-of-rihanna-and-taylor-kitsch-on-hawaii-battleship-set |title=First Pictures of Rihanna and Taylor Kitsch on Hawaii Battleship Set|work=Aloha Update |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100912143436/http://www.alohaupdate.com/2010/09/08/first-pictures-of-rihanna-and-taylor-kitsch-on-hawaii-battleship-set| archive-date= September 12, 2010 | url-status= dead}} Some scenes were filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.{{cite journal |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/33744919/Production-Weekly-%E2%80%93-Issue-715-%E2%80%93-Thursday-June-3-2010-125-listings-%E2%80%93-26-pages |title=Production Weekly – Issue 715 – Thursday, June 3, 2010 / 125 listings – 26 pages |journal=Production Weekly |issue=715 |page=3 |publisher=Scribd.com |date=June 3, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714182438/http://www.scribd.com/doc/33744919/Production-Weekly-%E2%80%93-Issue-715-%E2%80%93-Thursday-June-3-2010-125-listings-%E2%80%93-26-pages |archive-date=July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Further filming was done on the decommissioned Iowa-class battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2012/5/21/Hawaii_Oahu_Pearl_Harbor_battleship_film |title="Mighty Mo" plays starring role in Hawaii-filmed "Battleship" movie |first=Maureen |last=O'Connell |date=May 21, 2012 |website=www.hawaiimagazine.com |access-date=June 25, 2015 |archive-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615052027/http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2012/5/21/Hawaii_Oahu_Pearl_Harbor_battleship_film |url-status=live }} Featured in the film were the real-life guided missile destroyers USS Benfold (DDG-65), USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), and USS Sampson (DDG-102) all of which are active members of the US Navy Pacific Fleet. The JS Myōkō (DDG-175) a {{sclass|Kongō|destroyer|1}} of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also appeared in the film.{{cite web |title=MSDF in New Hollywood Film, "BATTLESHIP" |url=http://newpacificinstitute.org/jsw/?p=7492 |author=Kyle Mizokami |date=July 27, 2011 |work=New Pacific Institute Project}}

The Science & Entertainment Exchange provided science consultation for the film.{{cite web |title=Recent Projects |url=http://www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/projects|publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110726111433/http://www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/projects |archive-date= July 26, 2011 |url-status= live}}

=Casting=

Jeremy Renner was originally considered for the role of Hopper.{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Adam|title='The Hurt Locker' Star Jeremy Renner In Talks For 'Battleship,' Edgar Allen[sic] Poe's Last Days Thriller|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/18/the-hurt-locker-star-jeremy-renner-in-talks-for-battleship-edgar-allen-poes-last-days-thriller/|publisher=MTV|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=February 18, 2012|archive-date=January 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112164253/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/18/the-hurt-locker-star-jeremy-renner-in-talks-for-battleship-edgar-allen-poes-last-days-thriller/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/taylor-kitsch-to-star-in-battleship-film.html |title=Taylor Kitsch to Star in 'Battleship' Film (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 4, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801013227/http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/taylor-kitsch-to-star-in-battleship-film.html |archive-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} In April 2010, it was reported that Taylor Kitsch had been cast as Alex Hopper,{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/taylor-kitsch-boards-battleship-movie |title=Taylor Kitsch boards Battleship movie |first=Josh |last=Winning |work=Total Film |date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=March 20, 2011 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401221514/http://www.totalfilm.com/news/taylor-kitsch-boards-battleship-movie |url-status=live }} Alexander Skarsgård played his brother Stone Hopper, Brooklyn Decker stars as Sam, Hopper's fiancee and Liam Neeson as Admiral Shane, Sam's father and Hopper's superior officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=69603 |title=Liam Neeson Joins Battleship Cast |work=ComingSoon.net |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=September 7, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100909001252/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=69603| archive-date= September 9, 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite news |last=Benigno |first=Anthony |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/07/27/2010-07-27_rihanna_to_make_movie_debut_in_battleship_opposite_aleksander_skarsgard_taylor_k.html |title=Rihanna to make movie debut in 'Battleship' opposite Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Kitsch |newspaper=Daily News |date=July 27, 2010 |access-date=March 20, 2011 |archive-date=July 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730104708/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/07/27/2010-07-27_rihanna_to_make_movie_debut_in_battleship_opposite_aleksander_skarsgard_taylor_k.html |url-status=live }} Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna makes her acting debut in the film, as a sailor.{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/rihanna-to-star-in-universal-s-battleship-1118022212/ |title=Rihanna to star in Universal's Battleship |work=Variety |date=July 26, 2010 |access-date=March 20, 2011 |archive-date=August 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801053552/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022212.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |url-status=live }} In an interview with GQ, Berg explained how he came up with the idea to cast her. He realized she could act after her appearance on Saturday Night Live.{{cite web|last=Berg|first=Peter|title=Why I cast Rihanna in Battleship|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2012-04/04/rihanna-battleship-movie-trailer-cast-peter-berg|work=GQ|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=April 4, 2012|archive-date=May 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508030027/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2012-04/04/rihanna-battleship-movie-trailer-cast-peter-berg|url-status=live}} She accepted the role because she wanted "to do something badass" and also because it wasn't a role too big for her to play.{{cite web|last=Prinzivalli|first=Fallon|title=Rihanna Wanted To Be 'Badass,' Not A Love Interest In 'Battleship'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1682370/rihanna-battleship-badass.jhtml|publisher=MTV|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=April 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616192509/http://www.mtv.com/news/1682370/rihanna-battleship-badass/|archive-date=June 16, 2016}}

Tadanobu Asano has a role in the film as the commander of the Japanese Kongō-class destroyer Myōkō. Double amputee U.S. Army Colonel Gregory Gadson, who had never acted before, plays LTC Mick Canales.{{cite news|url =http://www.philstar.com/funfare/article.aspx?articleid=796786&publicationsubcategoryid=70|title =Legless colonel plays self in Battleship|date =April 14, 2012|access-date =April 19, 2012|publisher =Phil Star|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140904214509/http://www.philstar.com/funfare/article.aspx?articleid=796786&publicationsubcategoryid=70|archive-date =September 4, 2014|url-status =dead}} He was cast after Berg saw a picture of him in National Geographic.{{cite web|title=Pete Berg Interview|url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/cinemas/pete-berg-interview-feature-interview-4427-1.html|work=View London|access-date=May 12, 2012|page=2|archive-date=February 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209055043/http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/cinemas/pete-berg-interview-feature-interview-4427-1.html|url-status=live}}

The film marks the reunion between former co-stars Kitsch and Jesse Plemons, who previously worked together on Berg's television series Friday Night Lights. Berg said he loves working with friends and explained he knew how comfortable Kitsch was with Plemons, "I know that he’s really good for Taylor and he makes Taylor better. So, I wrote that whole part for Jesse." He added, "I never thought of it as a Friday Night Lights reunion. I thought of it as protection, bringing a trusted family member in."{{cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|title=Brooklyn Decker and Director Peter Berg Talk BATTLESHIP, Naval Warfare and the Design of the Aliens at WonderCon|url=https://collider.com/brooklyn-decker-peter-berg-battleship-interview/153633/|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=April 15, 2012|date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224024621/https://collider.com/brooklyn-decker-peter-berg-battleship-interview/153633/|archive-date=February 24, 2013}}

U.S. Navy sailors were used as extras in various parts of this film. Sailors from assorted commands in Navy Region Hawaii assisted with line handling to take {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|2}} in and out of port for a day of shooting in mid 2010. A few months later, the production team put out a casting call for sailors stationed at various sea commands at Naval Station Mayport, Florida to serve as extras.{{cite news|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20111113__Whatever_the_plot_Missouri_has_big_role_in_Battleship.html?id=133763778|title=Whatever the plot, Missouri has big role in 'Battleship'|first=Mike|last=Gordon|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=May 16, 2012|archive-date=May 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519065918/http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20111113__Whatever_the_plot_Missouri_has_big_role_in_Battleship.html?id=133763778|url-status=live}} Sailors were also taken from various ships stationed at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida, namely {{USS|Hué City}}, {{USS|Carney}} and {{USS|Vicksburg|CG-69|6}} were some of the ships that provided sailors.{{cite web|last=Klimas |first=Jacqueline |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/05/navy-battleship-movie-sailors-versus-aliens-051412/ |title=Sailors vs. aliens: 'Battleship' debuts Friday |work=Navy Times |date=May 15, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2012}}

Music

Due to his success with the Transformers franchise, composer Steve Jablonsky was chosen to score the official soundtrack. The soundtrack features original compositions from Jablonsky and features rock guitarist Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine. Director Peter Berg stated:

{{Blockquote|Working with composers often is a really frustrating experience because you speak a different language and, oftentimes, they take two or three jobs, at the same time. They're difficult and pretentious and they're tormented artists. I'm not going to name names, but most of them are. One guy who isn't is Hans Zimmer, who taught Steve Jablonsky. We had a couple of meetings, and I came up with this idea. The day I met with him, I had had an MRI for my neck, and they make that really scary sound. I was like, 'I just had this MRI, and when I was in there, I was thinking about the aliens, and it was really scary.' And he was like, 'Oh, that's awesome!' He went and recorded MRIs and made music out of MRIs, and that's the theme of the aliens in our film. He is no drama, and just goes and gets it done. The score is big and awesome and scary and driving. At times, it's very simple and acoustic and touching and emotional. He's the best I've ever worked with.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/brooklyn-decker-peter-berg-battleship-interview/153633/ |title=Brooklyn Decker and Director Peter Berg Talk BATTLESHIP, Naval Warfare and the Design of the Aliens at WonderCon |website=Collider |date=March 19, 2012 |access-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926225537/https://collider.com/brooklyn-decker-peter-berg-battleship-interview/153633/|archive-date=September 26, 2020}}}}

Release

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The film was originally planned to be released in 2011, but was rescheduled to May 18, 2012, in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/releaseinfo|title=Peter Berg's Battleship Is Now Sailing Memorial Day Weekend 2012|last=Weintraub|first=Steve|date=February 5, 2010|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=July 10, 2010|archive-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118113605/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/releaseinfo|url-status=live}} The film's world premiere took place in Tokyo on April 3, 2012.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} The event was attended by director Peter Berg, actors Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård and Rihanna. Later on they initiated a Press Tour visiting Madrid, London and Cartagena de Indias to promote the film.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

=Home media=

Battleship was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 20, 2012, in the United Kingdom,{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battleship-Blu-ray-Rihanna/dp/B006GD74DQ/ |title=Battleship on Amazon |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=May 26, 2012 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626014000/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battleship-Blu-ray-Rihanna/dp/B006GD74DQ |url-status=live }} and on August 28 in the United States and Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battleship-Blu-ray/45489/ |title=Battleship Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=September 6, 2012 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084558/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battleship-Blu-ray/45489/ |url-status=live }} Its revenue was $32.4 million. Battleship was released on 4K Blu-Ray on January 17, 2017.{{Citation|title=Battleship 4K Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battleship-4K-Blu-ray/167180/|access-date=2018-03-12|archive-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031440/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battleship-4K-Blu-ray/167180/|url-status=live}} It received a novelization written by Peter David.{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0345535375|title = Battleship|last1 = David|first1 = Peter Allen|year = 2012| publisher=Del Rey/Ballantine Books }}

Reception

=Box office=

Battleship grossed $65.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $237.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $303 million, against a production budget of $209 million. In May 2012, The Hollywood Reporter estimated that Universal would lose $150 million on the film.{{cite news |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleship-universal-box-office-taylor-kitsch-327972 |title= 'Battleship' Fallout: Lessons From a Box Office Sinking (Analysis) |first= Kim |last= Masters |date= May 23, 2012 |work= The Hollywood Reporter |access-date= February 24, 2021 |archive-date= January 28, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130128120657/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleship-universal-box-office-taylor-kitsch-327972 |url-status= live }}

The film opened in several territories on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, five weeks before its North America release, grossing $7.4 million.{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/battleship-goes-to-war-overseas-1-almost-every-country-where-it-opened-255810/|title='Battleship' Builds $25M Foreign War Chest|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=March 13, 2012|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 14, 2012}} Through April 13, the film had earned a three-day total of $25 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/three-stooges-cabin-in-the-woods-battleship-hunger-games-box-office-312179 |title=Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Edges Out 'Three Stooges,' 'Cabin in the Woods' |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |date=March 14, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105340/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/three-stooges-cabin-in-the-woods-battleship-hunger-games-box-office-312179 |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy }} By the end of its opening weekend, it earned $55.2 million from 26 markets, ranking second behind the 3D re-release of Titanic.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-titanic-3d-china-hunger-games-battleship-312282|title=Foreign Box Office: 'Titanic 3D' Unsinkable No. 1 Overseas After Sensational China Debut|first=Frank|last=Segers|date=March 15, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 16, 2012|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419165232/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-titanic-3d-china-hunger-games-battleship-312282|url-status=live}} In its second weekend, it topped the box office outside North America, with $60 million.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3425&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Battleship' Sinks 'Titanic'|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=April 24, 2012|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 26, 2012|archive-date=April 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429040022/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3425&p=.htm|url-status=live}} In South Korea, it achieved the highest-grossing opening day for a non-sequel and the third-highest overall ($2.8 million). In comparison to other Hasbro films, Battleship{{'s}} opening in the United Kingdom (£3.76 million) was behind the first Transformers (£8.72 million), but did better than G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (£1.71 million).{{cite web|last=Gant|first=Charles|title=Battleship cruises to top of UK box office charts|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/apr/17/battleship-uk-box-office?newsfeed=true|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130175239/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/apr/17/battleship-uk-box-office?newsfeed=true|url-status=live}}

In the United States, Battleship grossed $8.8 million on its opening day, with $420,000 from midnight showings.{{cite web|last=Finke|first=Nikki|title=BOMBS AWAY! 'Battleship' Sinks To $25.3M Torpedoed By Still Strong 'Avengers'; Lame 'What To Expect' Behind Limp 'The Dictator'|date=May 20, 2012|url=https://deadline.com/2012/05/dictator-off-to-slow-domestic-start-international-box-office-begins-stronger-287406/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=May 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521163434/http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/dictator-off-to-slow-domestic-start-international-box-office-begins-stronger/|url-status=live}} It went on to debut to $25.5 million, finishing in second place behind Marvel's The Avengers.{{cite web|last=Subers|first=Ray|title=Weekend Report: 'Battleship' Drowns Under Weight of 'Avengers'|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3445&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110001135/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3445&p=.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Box Office Report: 'Battleship' Torpedoed With $9.1 Million Friday|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-battleship-torpedoed-326833|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 19, 2012|access-date=May 19, 2012|archive-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520145620/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-battleship-torpedoed-326833|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Young|first=John|title=Box office report: 'The Avengers' crushes 'Battleship' and 'The Dictator' with $55.1 mil|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/20/box-office-report-battleship-dictator/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=May 22, 2012}}

=Critical response=

Rotten Tomatoes reports that 34% of 225 critics gave the film a positive review and an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "It may offer energetic escapism for less demanding filmgoers, but Battleship is too loud, poorly written, and formulaic to justify its expense – and a lot less fun than its source material."{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=battleship |type=m |title=Battleship |access-date=May 2, 2025}} Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{Cite Metacritic |id=battleship |type=movie |title=Battleship |access-date=February 19, 2021 }} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web |date=May 20, 2012 |author=Ray Subers |title=Weekend Report: 'Battleship' Drowns Under Weight of 'Avengers' |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2457666564/ |website=Box Office Mojo |quote=The audience was 57 percent male and 55 percent under the age of 30, and they awarded the movie a fine "B" CinemaScore. |access-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812021346/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2457666564/ |url-status=live }}

Megan Lehmann of The Hollywood Reporter thought that the "impressive visual effects and director Peter Berg's epic set pieces fight against an armada of cinematic clichés and some truly awful dialogue."{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/film-review-battleship-310991 |title=Battleship: Film Review |last=Lehmann |first=Megan |date=April 11, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415214548/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/film-review-battleship-310991 |url-status=live }} Empire magazine's Nick de Semlyen felt there was a lack of character development and memorable action shots, and sums up his review of the movie in one word: "Miss."{{cite news |url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136712 |title=Empire's Battleship Movie Review |last=de Semlyen |first=Nick |publisher=Empire |access-date=April 17, 2012 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114074032/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136712 |url-status=dead }}

Many reviews criticized the "based on a board game" concept driving the film, although some, such as Jason Di Rosso from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National, claimed the ridiculousness of the setup is "either sheer joy or pure hell – depending on how seriously you take it", while de Semlyen "had to admire [the film's creators] jumping through hoops to engineer a sequence that replicates the board game."{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/battleship/3946780 |title=Battleship |last=Di Rosso |first=Jason |date=April 12, 2012 |work=MovieTime |publisher=Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |access-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618112504/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/battleship/3946780 |url-status=live }} Several compared the film to Michael Bay's Transformers film series in terms of quality and cinematic style, with Giles Hardie of The Sydney Morning Herald claiming that the movie "finds the same balance between action-packed imagination and not taking the premise seriously that made Michael Bay's original Transformers such a joyride."{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/realism-sinks-without-a-trace-but-guns-aliens-and-rihanna-triumph-20120411-1ws3c.html |title=Battleship movie review |last=Hardie |first=Giles |date=April 12, 2012 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414041657/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/realism-sinks-without-a-trace-but-guns-aliens-and-rihanna-triumph-20120411-1ws3c.html |url-status=live }}

Andrew Harrison of Q magazine called the film "crushingly stupid".{{cite magazine|url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/04/film_review_-_battleship_this.html|access-date=April 30, 2012|date=April 11, 2012|title=Film review – Battleship: This brainless Rihanna vehicle deserves to be scuttled without delay|author=Andrew Harrison|magazine=Q|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419205145/http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/04/film_review_-_battleship_this.html|archive-date=April 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Film critic Kenneth Turan, in a review written for the Los Angeles Times, also expressed disappointment, criticizing the film's "humanoid aliens", stating that they are "as ungainly as the movie itself, clunking around in awkward, protective suits." He called the content "all very earnest", but added "it's not a whole lot of fun".{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=Movie review: Aliens can have this 'Battleship'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-battleship-20120518,0,6752668.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 20, 2012|archive-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520014055/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-battleship-20120518,0,6752668.story|url-status=live}} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one out of four stars, and he commented "Battleship is all noise and crashing metal, sinking to the shallows of Michael Bay's Armageddon and then digging to the brain-extinction level of the Transformers trilogy."{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=2012-05-17 |title=Battleship |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/battleship-115104/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

Other critics were less harsh for Battleship: Writing for Time, Steven James Snyder was somewhat positive because he had low expectations of the film. He wrote, "The creative team behind this ocean-bound thriller decided to fill the narrative black hole with a few ingredients all but absent from today’s summer tent poles – namely mystery, nostalgia and a healthy dose of humility" and described it as "an unlikely mix of Independence Day, Pearl Harbor, Jurassic Park and The Hunt for Red October".{{cite magazine |title=Battleship: More Fun Than a Board Game Blockbuster Has Any Right to Be |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/17/battleship-more-fun-than-a-board-game-blockbuster-has-any-right-to-be/ |magazine=Time |author=Steven James Snyder |date=May 17, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2023 }}

Giving it a B+ grade, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly said, "For every line of howler dialogue that should have been sunk, there's a nice little scene in which humans have to make a difficult decision. For every stretch of generic sci-fi-via-CGI moviemaking, there's a welcome bit of wit."{{cite magazine|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|title=Battleship Review|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/05/23/battleship/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 18, 2012|date=May 16, 2012}} The Washington Post gave the film a three-star rating out of four commenting it is "an invigorating blast of cinematic adrenaline".{{cite news|last=Righthand|first=Jess|title='Battleship' and more new movies|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/battleship-and-more-new-movies/2012/05/17/gIQAnawqWU_blog.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 18, 2012|date=May 18, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509155411/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/post/battleship-and-more-new-movies/2012/05/17/gIQAnawqWU_blog.html|archivedate=May 9, 2015}}

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, praising the climax as "an honest-to-God third act, instead of just settling for nonstop fireballs and explosions, as Bay likes to do. I don't want to spoil it for you. Let's say the Greatest Generation still has the right stuff and leave it at that."{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battleship-2012 |title=Battleship |first=Roger |last=Ebert |publisher=RogerEbert.com |date=May 16, 2012 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217183934/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battleship-2012 |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}

=Accolades=

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+ List of awards and nominations
Award ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result
Annie Awards{{cite web\|last1=Carolyn\|first1=Giardina\|last2=Jordan\|first2=Zakarin\|title=Disney Leads Annie Award Best Picture Nominations\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/annie-award-nominations-2012-disney-396703\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|access-date=December 8, 2012\|date=December 3, 2012\|archive-date=November 6, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106235643/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/annie-award-nominations-2012-disney-396703\|url-status=live}} \| Best Animated Effects in a Live Action Production \| Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar \| rowspan="8" {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| Golden Trailer Awards{{cite web \|title=The 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards \|url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta13.php \|publisher=Goldentrailer.com \|access-date=December 8, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721204256/http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta13.php \|archive-date=July 21, 2012 \|df=mdy }} \|colspan=1\|Best Sound Editing \|
Best Summer Blockbuster 2012 TV Spot \|
Houston Film Critics Society{{cite web\|title=2012 Houston Film Critics Nominees – Winners\|url=http://texasartfilm.com/2012hfcsnominations.html\|publisher=Texasartfilm.com\|access-date=January 10, 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321230150/http://texasartfilm.com/2012hfcsnominations.html\|archive-date=March 21, 2015\|df=mdy-all}} \| Worst Film \|
rowspan="7"\| Golden Raspberry Awards{{cite web\|last=Bibbiani\|first=William\|title=The 33rd Annual Razzies (Dis)-Honor Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 2\|url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/202737-the-33rd-annual-razzie-nominations-dishonors-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2\|publisher=CraveOnline.com\|access-date=January 9, 2013\|date=January 8, 2013\|archive-date=January 11, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111221114/http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/202737-the-33rd-annual-razzie-nominations-dishonors-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2\|url-status=live}}{{cite web\|last=Daniels\|first=Colin\|title=Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Kristen Stewart, Rihanna win Razzies\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a461205/twilight-breaking-dawn-part-2-kristen-stewart-rihanna-win-razzies.html\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=February 24, 2013\|date=February 24, 2013\|archive-date=February 10, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210202736/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a461205/twilight-breaking-dawn-part-2-kristen-stewart-rihanna-win-razzies.html\|url-status=dead}} \| Worst Picture \|
Worst Director \| Peter Berg
Worst Supporting Actor \| Liam Neeson
rowspan=2\|Worst Supporting Actress \| Brooklyn Decker
Rihanna \| {{won}}
Worst Screenplay \| Jon Hoeber and Eric Hoeber \| rowspan=3 {{nom}}
Worst Screen Ensemble \|
Saturn Awards{{cite web \|title=39th Annual Saturn Awards \|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/39th_Annual_Saturn_Awards.pdf \|publisher=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films \|access-date=February 20, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324004734/http://saturnawards.org/39th_Annual_Saturn_Awards.pdf \|archive-date=March 24, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|df=mdy }} \| Best Special Effects \| Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King and Burt Dalton
Teen Choice Awards{{cite web \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/teen-choice-awards-winners-2012_n_1693766.html \|title=Teen Choice Awards Winners 2012: 'Twilight,' 'The Vampire Diaries,' Justin Bieber Win Big \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=June 23, 2012 \|access-date=June 23, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827071827/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/teen-choice-awards-winners-2012_n_1693766.html \|archive-date=August 27, 2012 \|url-status=live \|df=mdy }} \| Choice Movie Breakout \| Rihanna \| {{won}}
rowspan="2"\| Visual Effects Society{{cite web\|last=Scott\|first=Mike\|title=Baton Rouge-shot 'Battleship' nominated for visual effects award; plus, more movie briefs\|url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/01/baton_rouge-shot_battleship_no.html\|work=The Times-Picayune\|access-date=January 24, 2013\|date=January 8, 2013\|archive-date=January 10, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110030207/http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/01/baton_rouge-shot_battleship_no.html\|url-status=live}} \| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Film \| Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Kevin Elam, Glen McIntosh \| rowspan="2" {{nom}}
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture \|Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel

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+ List of awards and nominations

Award

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

Annie Awards{{cite web|last1=Carolyn|first1=Giardina|last2=Jordan|first2=Zakarin|title=Disney Leads Annie Award Best Picture Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/annie-award-nominations-2012-disney-396703|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 8, 2012|date=December 3, 2012|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106235643/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/annie-award-nominations-2012-disney-396703|url-status=live}}

| Best Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

| Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florent Andorra, Florian Witzel, Aron Bonar

| rowspan="8" {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| Golden Trailer Awards{{cite web |title=The 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards |url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta13.php |publisher=Goldentrailer.com |access-date=December 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721204256/http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta13.php |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |df=mdy }}

|colspan=1|Best Sound Editing

Best Summer Blockbuster 2012 TV Spot

Houston Film Critics Society{{cite web|title=2012 Houston Film Critics Nominees – Winners|url=http://texasartfilm.com/2012hfcsnominations.html|publisher=Texasartfilm.com|access-date=January 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321230150/http://texasartfilm.com/2012hfcsnominations.html|archive-date=March 21, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

| Worst Film

rowspan="7"| Golden Raspberry Awards{{cite web|last=Bibbiani|first=William|title=The 33rd Annual Razzies (Dis)-Honor Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 2|url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/202737-the-33rd-annual-razzie-nominations-dishonors-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2|publisher=CraveOnline.com|access-date=January 9, 2013|date=January 8, 2013|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111221114/http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/202737-the-33rd-annual-razzie-nominations-dishonors-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Daniels|first=Colin|title=Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Kristen Stewart, Rihanna win Razzies|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a461205/twilight-breaking-dawn-part-2-kristen-stewart-rihanna-win-razzies.html|work=Digital Spy|access-date=February 24, 2013|date=February 24, 2013|archive-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210202736/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a461205/twilight-breaking-dawn-part-2-kristen-stewart-rihanna-win-razzies.html|url-status=dead}}

| Worst Picture

Worst Director

| Peter Berg

Worst Supporting Actor

| Liam Neeson

rowspan=2|Worst Supporting Actress

| Brooklyn Decker

Rihanna

| {{won}}

Worst Screenplay

| Jon Hoeber and Eric Hoeber

| rowspan=3 {{nom}}

Worst Screen Ensemble

Saturn Awards{{cite web |title=39th Annual Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/39th_Annual_Saturn_Awards.pdf |publisher=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324004734/http://saturnawards.org/39th_Annual_Saturn_Awards.pdf |archive-date=March 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

| Best Special Effects

| Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King and Burt Dalton

Teen Choice Awards{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/teen-choice-awards-winners-2012_n_1693766.html |title=Teen Choice Awards Winners 2012: 'Twilight,' 'The Vampire Diaries,' Justin Bieber Win Big |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 23, 2012 |access-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827071827/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/teen-choice-awards-winners-2012_n_1693766.html |archive-date=August 27, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}

| Choice Movie Breakout

| Rihanna

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| Visual Effects Society{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Mike|title=Baton Rouge-shot 'Battleship' nominated for visual effects award; plus, more movie briefs|url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/01/baton_rouge-shot_battleship_no.html|work=The Times-Picayune|access-date=January 24, 2013|date=January 8, 2013|archive-date=January 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110030207/http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/01/baton_rouge-shot_battleship_no.html|url-status=live}}

| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Film

| Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Kevin Elam, Glen McIntosh

| rowspan="2" {{nom}}

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture

|Florent Andorra, Willi Geiger, Rick Hankins, Florian Witzel

Video game

A video game based on the film, titled Battleship, was released in May 2012, to coincide with the film's international release. The game was published by Activision and developed by Double Helix Games for PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360, and developed by Magic Pockets for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS.

Board game

Hasbro released several new editions of the classic board game, including an update to the regular fleet versus fleet game and a "movie edition", featuring the alien vessels and a card-based play mode.{{cite web |title=Deluxe Battleship Movie Edition Game Rules & How to Play Instructions - Hasbro |url=https://instructions.hasbro.com/en-gb/instruction/deluxe-battleship-movie-edition-game |website=Hasbro Instructions}}