
Empire of Light
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
- Director
- Sam Mendes
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
24 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Where to watch
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Empire of Light returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Dec 9, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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