This article is about the 2002 film. For the novel on which the film is based, see The 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, 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 was a box-office bomb, grossing just over $45 million against a $35 million production budget.
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