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Summary
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman…
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+5)
Critics 65Audiences 70GoodWatch 67
Metascore65
Letterboxd · 385 K ratings3.5/5
User score7.1
IMDb6.9
Box office
4.1×its budget
- Budget
- $48 M
- Worldwide
- $197 M
Worldwide it earned $149 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for crime movies, +5 min on the typical 106
typical 106111Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 59 countries, rent or buy in 55 more
+49Released
2002
March 29, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more17 people
- Jodie FosterMeg Altman
- Kristen StewartSarah Altman
- Forest WhitakerBurnham
- Dwight YoakamRaoul
- Jared LetoJunior
- Patrick BauchauStephen Altman
- Ann MagnusonLydia Lynch
- Ian BuchananEvan Kurlander
Andrew Kevin WalkerSleepy Neighbor
Paul SchulzeOfficer Keeney
Mel RodriguezOfficer Morales- RCRichard ConantSWAT Cop
- PSPaul SimonSWAT Cop
- VTVictor ThrashSWAT Cop
- KTKen TurnerSWAT Cop
Nicole KidmanStephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Ty CopemanTruck Driver (uncredited
Directing · 5
- David Fincher Director
- Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez Script Supervisor
- Bob Wagner Second Assistant Director
- Maria Mantia Second Second Assistant Director
- Mike Topoozian First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- David Koepp Screenplay, Producer
Production · 19
- Ceán Chaffin Producer
- Gavin Polone Producer
- Judy Hofflund Producer
- Laray Mayfield Casting
- Daren Hicks Production Coordinator
- Denis L. Stewart Unit Production Manager
Camera · 12
- Darius Khondji Director of Photography
- Conrad W. Hall Director of Photography
- Merrick Morton Still Photographer
- John T. Connor First Assistant "A" Camera
- Ray De La Motte Camera Operator
- Doug Cowden Key Grip
Editing · 5
- Angus Wall Editor
- James Haygood Editor
- Stephen Nakamura Digital Color Timer, Color Timer
- John Venzon Assistant Editor
- Alex Olivares Assistant Editor
Sound · 36
- Howard Shore Original Music Composer
- Ren Klyce Sound Designer
- Willie D. Burton Production Sound Mixer
- Barbara Harris Loop Group Coordinator
- David C. Hughes Sound Effects Editor
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle ADR Editor
Art · 10
- Arthur Max Production Design
- Peter Ramsey Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist
- Roy 'Bucky' Moore Property Master
- Garrett Lewis Set Decoration
- James E. Tocci Art Direction
- Jon Danniells Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 11
- Alec Gillis Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects
- Tom Woodruff Jr. Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects
- Michael Kaplan Costume Designer
- Terry Anderson Costumer
- Linda Matthews Costume Supervisor
- Frances Mathias Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 16
- Raymond Gieringer Visual Effects Supervisor
- Kevin Tod Haug Visual Effects Supervisor
- Persis Reynolds Visual Effects Producer
- Gabriel Vargas Animation
- Vicki Galloway Weimer Digital Effects Producer
- Joe Viskocil Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 2
- Ian Kincaid Chief Lighting Technician
- Mark Hadland Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Other crew · 28
- Dan Bradley Stunt Coordinator
- Darrin Prescott Stunts
- Kevin Derr Stunts
- Steven Lambert Stunts
- Todd Schneider Stunts
- Chris Carnel Stunts
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