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2002 film directed by Steve Beck

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After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

Released: 2002-10-2591 minDir: Steve BeckHorror, Mystery, ThrillerBudget: $35.0MBox office: $71.1M

Cast

  • Gabriel Byrne as Captain Sean Murphy
  • Julianna Margulies as Maureen Epps
  • Desmond Harrington as Jack Ferriman
  • Ron Eldard as Dodge
  • Isaiah Washington as Greer
  • Karl Urban as Munder

Themes

  • treasure
  • cruise
  • halloween
  • pilot
  • ghost ship
  • gore
  • tugboat
  • salvage
  • haunted
  • supernatural horror

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Ratings

IMDb

5.6/10

117,563 votes

Year
2002
Runtime
91 min
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Key facts

Directed by
Steve Beck
Screenplay by
Mark Hanlon John Pogue
Story by
Mark Hanlon
Produced by
Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler
Starring
Julianna Margulies Ron Eldard Desmond Harrington Isaiah Washington Gabriel Byrne
Cinematography
Gale Tattersall
Edited by
Roger Barton
Music by
John Frizzell
Production companies
Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Dark Castle Entertainment NPV Entertainment Ghost Ship Films Pty. Ltd.
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures (Overseas), Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Release date
October 25, 2002 ( 2002-10-25 )
Running time
91 minutes
Countries
United States, Australia
Language
English
Budget
$20 million
Box office
$68.3 million

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Official website

WarnerBros.com | Ghost Ship | Movies

From producers Joel Silver (The Matrix trilogy and the Lethal Weapon series) and Robert Zemeckis (Castaway, What Lies Be

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Wikidata facts

Duration
91
FilmAffinity ID
686707
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publication date
2003-01-23
title
Ghost Ship
review score
28/100
capital cost
20000000
box office
30113491
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Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck from a screenplay by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue. Its plot follows a marine salvage crew in the Bering Sea who discover a mysterious ocean liner that disappeared in 1962 and stars an ensemble cast of Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, and Karl Urban.

Shot in Australia and Canada, It was released theatrically in North America on October 25, 2002. It received generally negative reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $68.3 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.

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