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The Box

  • 2009
  • 12
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
94K
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The Box (2009)
A young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences.
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A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.

  • Director
    • Richard Kelly
  • Writers
    • Richard Kelly
    • Richard Matheson
  • Stars
    • Cameron Diaz
    • James Marsden
    • Frank Langella
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    94K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writers
      • Richard Kelly
      • Richard Matheson
    • Stars
      • Cameron Diaz
      • James Marsden
      • Frank Langella
    • 474User reviews
    • 290Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Cameron Diaz in The Box (2009)
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    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Norma Lewis
    James Marsden
    James Marsden
    • Arthur Lewis
    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Arlington Steward
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • Norm Cahill
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    • Dick Burns
    Sam Oz Stone
    • Walter Lewis
    Gillian Jacobs
    Gillian Jacobs
    • Dana
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Lana Burns
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Clymene Steward
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    Lisa K. Wyatt
    • Rhonda Martin
    Mark S. Cartier
    Mark S. Cartier
    • Martin Teague
    • (as Mark Cartier)
    Kevin Robertson
    • Wendell Matheson
    Michele Durrett
    Michele Durrett
    • Rebecca Matheson
    Ian Kahn
    Ian Kahn
    • Vick Brenner
    John Magaro
    John Magaro
    • Charles
    Ryan Woodle
    Ryan Woodle
    • Jeffrey Carnes
    Basil Hoffman
    Basil Hoffman
    • Don Poates
    Robert Harvey
    Robert Harvey
    • NASA Executive #1
    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writers
      • Richard Kelly
      • Richard Matheson
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The main characters, Norma Lewis and Arthur Lewis, were based on director Richard Kelly's parents. His mother also suffered a crippled foot after an X-Ray mishap; his father worked for NASA and co-designed the camera used on the Viking Mars Landers (as in the movie).
    • Goofs
      911 emergency services weren't available in Richmond, VA, in 1976.
    • Quotes

      Martin Teague: Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box?

      Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Whereupon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.

      Martin Teague: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.

      Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Men Who Stare at Goats/The Fourth Kind/The Box/A Christmas Carol (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Light in Your Eyes
      Written by Stephan Sechi (as Stephan M. Sechi)

      Performed by Stephan Sechi

      Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

    User reviews474

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    Press the button. Someone dies and you get a million dollars.
    This film is about a mysterious box arriving at an American family's doorstep. Inside there is a button, if you press it, someone dies but you get a million dollars.

    I haven't seen something so suspenseful and thrilling for a long time! "The Box" employs basic psychology of greed, and effectively creates an unnervingly eerie atmosphere. It maintains an unsettling atmosphere throughout, and surprisingly without the need for shocks or blood. Though there are some unsolved mysteries in the plot, it still keeps me engaged, thrilled and scared. It even makes me ponder on all the possibilities of pushing or not pushing the button.

    "The Box" is an exceptionally suspenseful psychological thriller. I would recommend it to others without hesitation.
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    • Gordon-11
    • Mar 13, 2010

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 4, 2010 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros.
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chiếc Hộp Kì Bí
    • Filming locations
      • Boston Public Library - 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Radar Pictures
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,051,977
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,571,417
      • Nov 8, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,334,176
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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