The Black Phone
Never talk to strangers.
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use.When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims.
- Director
- Scott Derrickson
- Worldwide
- $161M
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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Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
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The record
Awards
1 win
Saturn Awards
1 win
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Horror Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Black Phone returned 10.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $161M
- Release date
- Jun 16, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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