Case 39
Some cases should never be opened.
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents.Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family.
- Director
- Christian Alvart
- Worldwide
- $29M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
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Box Office & Release
Case 39 returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $27M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Aug 13, 2009
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
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