The Book of Eli
Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
- Director
- Allen Hughes
- Worldwide
- $157M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Book of Eli returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $157M
- Release date
- Jan 14, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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