When a Stranger Calls
Whatever You Do, Don't Answer The Phone.
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job.With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening.Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
- Director
- Simon West
- Worldwide
- $67M
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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Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
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Box Office & Release
When a Stranger Calls returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $67M
- Release date
- Feb 3, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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