Panic Room (2002)
75%RT Audience Score: 64%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 9 nominations
Elevated by David Fincher’s directorial talent and Jodie Foster’s performance, Panic Room is a well-crafted, above-average thriller
If you’re looking for a movie that will leave you on the edge of your seat, Panic Room is the perfect choice. With extreme suspense and graphic violence, this movie is definitely not for kids. But for adults who love a good thriller, Panic Room delivers. David Fincher’s claustrophobic ride is like “Wait Until Dark” with emotional helplessness, not just physical. And with a top-notch cast, including Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart, Panic Room is a seamless suspense-thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. Just don’t expect to watch it again anytime soon, unless you want to relive the panic all over again!
Production Company(ies)
Film Four UK Film Council Darlow Smithson Productions,
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
38 West 94th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence and language
Year of Release
2002
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 52m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2002 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2004
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $197,079,546
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $326,868,761
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 455
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 35,645,448
US/Canada gross: $96,397,334
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $159,881,011
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 487
US/Canada opening weekend: $30,056,751
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $49,851,003
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 230
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $48,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $79,611,004
Production budget ranking: 528
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $42,870,526
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $204,387,231
ROI to date (est.): 167%
ROI ranking: 722
Forest Whitaker – Burnham
Dwight Yoakam – Raoul
Jared Leto – Junior
Kristen Stewart – Sarah Altman
Ann Magnuson – Lydia Lynch
Director – David Fincher
Producers – Ceán Chaffin, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, Gavin Polone
Writer – David Koepp
Director(s)
David Fincher
Writer(s)
David Koepp
Producer(s)
Ceán Chaffin, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, Gavin Polone
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 9 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (185) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (45)
Leaving you utterly dissatisfied…
January 3, 2019 | Rating: 2/4
Namrata Joshi
Outlook
TOP CRITIC
Extreme suspense, graphic violence; not for kids.
December 27, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
A thinking-man’s women-in-jeopardy picture, Panic Room does about as much as humanly possible with its deliberately restricted one-setting premise.
March 27, 2009
Todd McCarthy
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Ultimately, this is just a big, dumb, commercial suspenser – but it’s one of the best for ages, reminding us that it is still possible to make a high quality piece of popcorn entertainment.
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Never averse to glistening darkness, meaty metaphor or grandiloquent technical display, Fincher is also surprisingly at home with hokum.
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Let’s hope Fincher has enjoyed his vacation in Popcornopolis; now may the real David Fincher, the black-tar heart David Fincher, please resume his post in the vanguard.
March 10, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/5
Kimberley Jones
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Panic Room is among Fincher’s most straightforward genre exercises, it’s not really interested in subverting or challenging or upsetting anything…but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have anything on its mind.
December 22, 2020
Chris Ludovici
The Spool
Panic Room is one of those thrillers you’ll enjoy and get really into on your first viewing, but probably won’t be dying to watch again.
December 17, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Marianna Neal
Impression Blend
Yet more top-shelf terror from director David Fincher, the man behind such popular pulse-pounders as Seven, The Game and Fight Club.
October 19, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
How did Fincher – a director who is very good at supplying thrills to thrillers, whatever his other strengths or limitations might be – end up shepherding such a leaden film?
November 30, 2014 | Rating: 6/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Valuing logic over brutality, David Fincher’s claustrophobic ride also touted the real-world practicality of keeping quiet over the cinematic kicks of a loud thriller. It’s like “Wait Until Dark” with helplessness that’s emotional, not just physical.
September 17, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
Apart from one plot twist too many, “Panic Room” is a seamless suspense-thriller with a top-notch cast.
May 3, 2009 | Rating: B+
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com…
Plot
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don’t stop there. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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