The Box

  • Theatrical - Wide 2009-11-06
Box Office Gross: $33,333,531
Running Time: 115 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: MRC, Radar Pictures, Darko Entertainment
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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... See more 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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