Ghost Rider is a 2007 American superhero film based on the same-named Marvel Comics character. Mark Steven Johnson wrote and directed the picture, which stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, as well as Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Matt Long, and Peter Fonda in supporting parts. The film follows Blaze, who has been given one week to live due to an experiment gone wrong, that transforms him into a ghost rider capable of traveling through time via his soul. He sets out to save others by any means necessary including fighting criminals and other supernatural beings. Ghost Rider is owned by Columbia Pictures with distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was released in theaters on February 23, 2007. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success earning $78 million worldwide.