Ben Is Back
One family. One day.
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning.Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean.Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
- Director
- Peter Hedges
- Worldwide
- $13M
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Cast
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What It's About
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19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
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Box Office & Release
Ben Is Back returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Dec 5, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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