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{{Short description|1996 American action film by Stuart Baird}}
{{About|the film|the Bad Azz album|Executive Decision (album)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Executive Decision
| image          = Executive decision ver1.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| alt            = 
| director       = [[Stuart Baird]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jim Thomas (screenwriter)|Jim Thomas]]
* [[John Thomas (screenwriter)|John Thomas]]
}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joel Silver]]
* Jim Thomas
* John Thomas
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!-- per poster billing block -->
* [[Kurt Russell]]
* [[Halle Berry]]
* [[John Leguizamo]]
* [[Oliver Platt]]
* [[Joe Morton]]
* [[David Suchet]]
* [[Steven Seagal]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Alex Thomson (cinematographer)|Alex Thomson]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* Stuart Baird
* [[Kevin Stitt (film editor)|Kevin Stitt]]
* [[Frank J. Urioste]]
}}
| music          = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| studio         = [[Silver Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1996|3|15}}
| runtime        = 133 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English<br>Arabic
| budget         = $55 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |url= http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Executive-Decision#tab=summary |title= Executive Decision |work= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date= 2014-09-27 |archive-date= 2015-04-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150406220622/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Executive-Decision#tab=summary |url-status= live }}</ref>
| gross          = $122.1 million<ref name="numbers" />
}}
'''''Executive Decision''''' is a 1996 American [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/03/22/executive-decision-2/|date=March 26, 1996|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|title=Executive Decision|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225133/https://ew.com/article/1996/03/22/executive-decision-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Stuart Baird]] (in his directorial debut) and written by [[Jim Thomas (screenwriter)|Jim Thomas]] and [[John Thomas (screenwriter)|John Thomas]], who also produced the film with [[Joel Silver]]. It stars [[Kurt Russell]], [[Steven Seagal]], [[Halle Berry]], [[John Leguizamo]], [[Oliver Platt]], [[Joe Morton]], [[David Suchet]] and [[BD Wong|B.D. Wong]]. It depicts the rescue of an airliner hijacked by terrorists, by a small team placed on the plane in mid-flight. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 1996, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] It grossed $122 million against a $55 million budget.