Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Rymer
Screenplay by	Scott Abbott Michael Petroni
Based on	The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Produced by	Jorge Saralegui
Starring	Stuart Townsend Aaliyah Marguerite Moreau Vincent Pérez Lena Olin
Cinematography	Ian Baker
Edited by	Dany Cooper
Music by	Richard Gibbs Jonathan Davis
Production companies	Village Roadshow Pictures NPV Entertainment Material Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	February 22, 2002 (2002-02-22) (United States) April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04) (Australia)
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Australia United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million[1]
Box office	$45.4 million[1]

Queen of the Damned is a 2002 horror film directed by Michael Rymer from a screenplay by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni, and based on the 1988 novel The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, the third novel of the book series The Vampire Chronicles, although the film contains many plot elements from the novel's 1985 predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. A stand-alone sequel to Interview with the Vampire (1994), the film stars Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah in her final film, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Pérez and Lena Olin. Townsend and Matthew Newton replaced Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas in the roles of Lestat and Armand, respectively.

The film is dedicated to Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, after completing her scenes in the production. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and released in the United States on February 22, 2002, and in Australia on April 4, 2002. It received mostly negative reviews from critics, and grossed just over $45 million against a $35 million production budget.