Message in a Bottle
A story of love lost and found.
A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early.As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
- Director
- Luis Mandoki
- Worldwide
- $119M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Message in a Bottle returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $119M
- Release date
- Feb 22, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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