The Cave (2005 film)

The Cave
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBruce Hunt
Written byMichael Steinberg
Tegan West
Produced byRichard S. Wright
Andrew Mason
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
StarringCole Hauser
Morris Chestnut
Eddie Cibrian
Rick Ravanello
Marcel Iureș
Lena Headey
Piper Perabo
CinematographyRoss Emery
Edited byBrian Berden
Music byReinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek
Production
companies
Distributed byScreen Gems (through Sony Pictures Releasing[1])
Release date
  • August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$33.3 million

The Cave is a 2005 American monster film, directed by Bruce Hunt and distributed by Screen Gems. It was written by Michael Steinberg and Tegan West. Its story follows a group of cave-divers and scientists who become trapped while exploring a cave system in Romania, and encounter a pack of deadly creatures. It stars Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Morris Chestnut, Marcel Iureș, Lena Headey, Rick Ravanello, Piper Perabo and Daniel Dae Kim.

The film was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and Cinerenta and was released on August 26, 2005. It grossed $6.1 million during its opening weekend and $33.3 million worldwide, against a budget of $30 million.[2]

  1. ^ "The Cave (2005)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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