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The Black Phone
The Black Phone
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Scott Derrickson
Screenplay by	Scott Derrickson; C. Robert Cargill;
Based on	"The Black Phone"; by Joe Hill
Produced by	Jason Blum; Scott Derrickson; C. Robert Cargill;
Starring	Mason Thames; Madeleine McGraw; Jeremy Davies; James Ransone; Ethan Hawke;
Cinematography	Brett Jutkiewicz
Edited by	Frédéric Thoraval
Music by	Mark Korven
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; Blumhouse Productions; Crooked Highway;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	September 25, 2021 (Fantastic Fest); June 24, 2022 (United States);
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16–18 million
Box office	$161.4 million

The Black Phone is a 2021 American supernatural horror film^[3] directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay coauthored with longtime collaborator C. Robert Cargill. It stars Mason Thames as Finney, a teenage boy abducted by a serial child killer known colloquially as The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). When Finney encounters a mystical black rotary phone in captivity, he uses it to plot his escape by communicating with the ghosts of The Grabber's slain victims. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also feature in the principal cast. Derrickson and Cargill produced The Black Phone in association with Blumhouse Productions CEO Jason Blum. Universal Pictures oversaw the film's commercial distribution, and funding was sourced through a Universal–Blumhouse co-production pact and tax subsidies from the North Carolina state government.

The idea of The Black Phone arose from Derrickson and Cargill's adaptation of Joe Hill's short story of the same name. Derrickson struggled to produce ideas of his own devising, shifting his attention to other filmmaking endeavors. The film remained dormant until he resigned from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) over creative differences. Derrickson gleaned from his childhood experiences in suburban Denver to flesh out The Black Phone story. Principal photography began in February 2021 on a $16–18 million budget, and wrapped the following month. Shooting took place on sets and on location in Wilmington. Mark Korven composed the film's score, which drew on modern and vintage synthesizer sounds.

The Black Phone premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021, and opened in US theaters after several delays on June 24, 2022. It was an unexpected hit at the box office and finished the theatrical run grossing $161.4 million globally. The film received generally positive reviews from the media. The success of The Black Phone spawned an in-canon short film, released in 2023, and a standalone sequel scheduled for release on June 27, 2025.

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^ "The Black Phone (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (June 23, 2022). "The Black Phone Review: The Dead Have Your Number". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

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[2] "The Black Phone (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.

[3] Catsoulis, Jeannette (June 23, 2022). "The Black Phone Review: The Dead Have Your Number". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

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