This Is Us was first announced by the band while on The Today Show in New York's Rockefeller Plaza on 12 November 2012, followed by confirmation it would be directed by Morgan Spurlock. This Is Us contains live concert footage from One Direction's Take Me Home Tour at London's O2 Arena, and footage from their lives pre- and post- X Factor appearance, and gives insight into the preparation for their concerts and ultimately what it is like to be One Direction. One Direction was first put into a group on the X Factor in 2010.
It was a commercial success and grossed $68 million worldwide.īilled as an intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon, This Is Us follows the lives of the five members of the boy band, One Direction. The film follows the group on their Take Me Home Tour. It opened in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2013, followed a day later in the United States. One Direction: This Is Us is a 2013 3-D documentary concert film about British boy band One Direction.