mile marker. Both vehicles explode on impact and Jim burns to death. The film's final scene is set a few months later. Linda recalls the priest's words about faith. Linda is pregnant. Cast Sandra Bullock as Linda Hanson Julian McMahon as James "Jim" Hanson Courtney Taylor Burness as Bridgette Hanson Shyann McClure as Megan Hanson Amber Valletta as Claire Francis Nia Long as Annie Kate Nelligan as Joanne Marc Macaulay as Sheriff Reilly Jude Ciccolella as Father Kennedy Peter Stormare as Dr. Norman Roth Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Simon Hanson Mark Famiglietti as Doug Caruthers Marcus Lyle Brown as Bob E.J. Stapleton as Model Home Salesman Matt Moore as young priest Irene Zeigler as Mrs. Quinn Laurel Whitsett as school aide Kristin Ketterer as receptionist Jason Douglas as emergency room doctor Lonnie Magargle as doctor's assistant Floriana Tullio as nurse Production Principal photography mostly took place in Minden and Shreveport, Louisiana. This film is also the first to be co-distributed by TriStar Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Release The film was first released in the U.S. on March 16, 2007. It was not released theatrically in Norway, but it was released direct-to-video on January 2, 2008 there. Home media The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 17, 2007. Reception Box office Premonition opened in 2,831 theaters and came in third place behind 300 and Wild Hogs, opening with $17,558,689 with a $6,202 average. The film stayed in theaters for 7 weeks and grossed $47,852,604 in the United States and $84,146, 832 worldwide. Critical reception Premonition received negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 8% of 163 critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 3.86/10. The site's general consensus is that "Overdosing on flashbacks, and more portentous than profound, the overly obtuse Premonition weakly echoes such twisty classics as Memento, The Sixth Sense, and Groundhog Day." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, the film is considered to have "generally unfavorable reviews" with a rating score of 29 based on 30 critics. Critic James Berardinelli gave the movie 2-1/2-stars (out of five) stating, "There's some interesting material in the film about pre-destination and questions about whether it's possible to change fate." Expressing similar thoughts of blasé opaque contributions of the main characters wife Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) and husband James Hanson (Julian McMahon). Despite the