PATRIOTS DAY will open in New York, Los Angeles and Boston on December 21, 2016. The film will open nationwide on January 13, 2017 Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Berg , PATRIOTS DAY is an account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the everyday heroes who inspired the world in the extraordinary hours that followed. Directed by PETER BERG (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon) Written by PETER BERG (Lone Survivor, Friday Night Lights) & MATT COOK (Triple 9), ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE MATT CHARMAN (Best Original Screenplay, 2015 – Bridge of Spies), PAUL TAMASY (The Fighter) & ERIC JOHNSON (The Fighter) Starring ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE MARK WAHLBERG (Best Supporting Actor, 2006 – The Departed; Deepwater Horizon, The Fighter), JOHN GOODMAN (Argo, Inside Llewyn Davis), KEVIN BACON (Black Mass, X-Men: First Class), ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER J.K. SIMMONS (Best Supporting Actor, 2014 – Whiplash; Spider-Man film franchise) & MICHELLE MONAGHAN (Source Code, The Pat