Civil War

1. Original Score — Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury
2. Lovefingers — Silver Apples
3. Say No Go — De La Soul
4. Breakers Roar — Sturgill Simpson
5. Dream Baby Dream — Suicide

• At a reported $50 million, it was A24's most expensive production ever, and its widest theatrical release.
• The film set an A24 record with a roughly $25 million domestic opening weekend, dethroning Everything Everywhere All at Once's launch numbers.
• Jesse Plemons' chilling 'What kind of American are you?' militiaman is an uncredited cameo — he is Kirsten Dunst's real-life husband and stepped in on short notice.
• Alex Garland deliberately left the war's politics ambiguous — the alliance of Texas and California as the 'Western Forces' was designed to defy real-world party lines.
• Cailee Spaeny's character shoots on a Nikon FE2 35mm film camera, and real black-and-white stills appear as freeze-frames throughout the film.
• Alex Garland's follow-up collaboration with A24, Warfare (2025), was co-directed with Civil War's military advisor Ray Mendoza.

"What kind of American are you?"

"We record so other people ask the questions."

• The press vehicle's windshield damage changes between scenes on the road to Washington.
• The distance and route from New York to Washington, D.C. shown in the film would not require the lengthy detour through West Virginia depicted.