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The Box

You are the experiment.

★ 5.6 2009 115 min PG-13 ThrillerScience Fiction

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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The Box in its release era

Released in 2009, The Box sits inside the 2000s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
2009-10-29
Rating
PG-13
TMDB score
5.6/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
MRC, Radar Pictures, Darko Entertainment
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This title is available from the shared catalog, but it is not published as an index-targeted page for this specialty edition.

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