Haunted Mansion (2023 film)

Haunted Mansion
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJustin Simien
Screenplay byKatie Dippold
Based onThe Haunted Mansion
by Walt Disney
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJeffrey Waldron
Edited byPhillip J. Bartell
Music byKris Bowers
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • July 15, 2023 (2023-07-15) (Disneyland)
  • July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million[2]
Box office$117.5 million[3][4]

Haunted Mansion is a 2023 American supernatural horror comedy film directed by Justin Simien from a screenplay by Katie Dippold. It stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is the second film adaptation of Walt Disney's eponymous theme park attraction, following The Haunted Mansion (2003). In the film, a single mother and her son (Dawson and Chase W. Dillon, respectively) enlist the aid of an astrophysicist turned tour guide (Stanfield), a struggling psychic (Haddish), a conman posing as a priest (Wilson) and a college historian (DeVito) to help exorcise the ghostly inhabitants of the titular building that they have recently moved into.

Plans for the reboot adaptation based on the Haunted Mansion began in July 2010, when Guillermo del Toro, who intended to write and produce, stated the project would take place in a heightened reality rather than in a real-world setting. Del Toro was no longer attached as the project's director in July 2013. After years in development hell, Disney officially announced Haunted Mansion in August 2020, with Dippold signed on to write a new screenplay. Simien negotiated to direct the film by April 2021, and was officially confirmed three months later. The primary cast was confirmed from July to October, and additional cast was announced the following year. Principal photography took place from mid-October 2021 to late-February 2022 on a $150 million budget.

Haunted Mansion premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on July 15, 2023, and was released in the United States on July 28 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $118 million worldwide, failing to meet box office expectations and losing Disney an estimated $117 million.

  1. ^ "Haunted Mansion (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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