The Box is a 2009 American psychological thriller film based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson, which was previously adapted into an episode of the 1980s iteration of The Twilight Zone. The film is written and directed by Richard Kelly and stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box. However once the button has been pushed someone, somewhere, will die. In 1976, Norma and Arthur Lewis , a financially strapped couple, wake... to find a package on the doorstep. Inside the package is a locked wooden box with a button and a note that reads: "Mr. Steward will call upon you at 5:00 pm". Promptly at five, Steward , a middle aged, facially disfigured man, arrives. He tells Norma that, if the button is pushed, he will give her one million dollars, but someone in the world, whom she does not know, will die. After much deliberation, Norma pushes the button on an impulse.
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| Release date: | September 17, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Richard Kelly |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Richard Kelly, Dan Lin, Kelly McKittrick, Sean McKittrick |
| Editor: | Sam Bauer |
| Music by: | Owen Pallett, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne |
| Cinematography: | Steven B. Poster |
| Screenplay by: | Richard Kelly |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction |