Possession
The past will connect them. The passion will possess them.
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte.Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife.
- Director
- Neil LaBute
- Worldwide
- $10M
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Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
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Box Office & Release
Possession returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $10M
- Release date
- Aug 16, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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