The Lovely Bones
The story of a life and everything that came after...
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer.As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Worldwide
- $94M
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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After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Lovely Bones returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $94M
- Release date
- Dec 26, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, New Zealand
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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