
The Box
2009 · Movie · PG-13 · 115 min · ★ 5.6
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 115 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (1,887 votes)
- Box office
- $33,333,531
- Budget
- $30,000,000
Themes
- research
- husband wife relationship
- experiment
- sacrifice
- library
- nasa
- homicide
- 1970s
- paranoia
- stalker
- decision
- money
- +11 more
Cast & crew

Cameron Diaz
as Norma Lewis

James Marsden
as Arthur Lewis

Frank Langella
as Arlington Steward

James Rebhorn
as Norm Cahill

Holmes Osborne
as Dick Burns

Sam Oz Stone
as Walter Lewis

Gillian Jacobs
as Dana

Celia Weston
as Lana Burns

Lisa K. Wyatt
as Rhonda Martin

Mark S. Cartier
as Martin Teague
Directed by Richard Kelly