Buried
170,000 sq miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.
As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents.Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety.Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
- Director
- Rodrigo Cortés
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
15 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Buried returned 9.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Sep 24, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- Spain, France
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