The Number 23
First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Worldwide
- $78M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
17 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Number 23 returned 2.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $78M
- Release date
- Feb 23, 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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