Seventh Son (film)

Seventh Son
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySergei Bodrov
Screenplay by
Story byMatt Greenberg
Based onThe Spook's Apprentice
by Joseph Delaney
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel
Edited by
Music byMarco Beltrami[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17) (France)
  • February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$95–110 million[4][5]
Box office$114.2 million[6]

Seventh Son is a 2014 American action fantasy film directed by Sergei Bodrov, and starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington and Julianne Moore. It is loosely based on the 2004 novel The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney. The story centers on Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son, and his adventures as the apprentice of the Spook. After having its release date shifted numerous times, the film was released in France on December 17, 2014, and in Canada and the United States on February 6, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The film was a box office failure which received generally negative reviews from film critics and it earned $114 million against a production budget of $95 million.

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  3. ^ "SEVENTH SON (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Box Office: 'Spongebob' to Top 'Jupiter Ascending,' 'Seventh Son' - Variety". Variety. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 9, 2015). "The Wachowskis' Expensive 'Jupiter Ascending': What the Hell Happened?". Deadline. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "Seventh Son (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 28, 2015.