The Glass Castle
Find beauty in the struggle.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI.Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister.
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Worldwide
- $22M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
30 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Glass Castle returned 2.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $22M
- Release date
- Aug 11, 2017
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States of America
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