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25th Hour

2002 135 min English R

“Can you change your whole life in one day?”

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

Cast

66 people

Spike Lee Director · David Benioff Screenplay

Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $5M · United States release December 19, 2002

Box office

Budget

$5,000,000

Worldwide gross

$23,932,055

Gross vs. budget

4.8×

Production

T

Touchstone Pictures

Production · Studio

4

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Production

2

25th Hour Productions

Production

G

Gamut Films

Production

I

Industry Entertainment Partners

Production

4

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Production

United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United States · December 16, 2002

Premiere · New York City, New York

United States · December 19, 2002

Limited theatrical

United States · May 20, 2003

Physical · DVD / VHS

United States

January 10, 2003 · Theatrical

June 10, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray with He Got Game

Argentina

April 16, 2003 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

May 1, 2003 · Theatrical

Australia

June 5, 2003 · Theatrical

Austria

May 15, 2003 · Theatrical

Belgium

April 9, 2003 · Theatrical

Brazil

May 23, 2003 · Limited theatrical

Canada

December 19, 2002 · Limited theatrical

January 10, 2003 · Theatrical

February 22, 2021 · Digital

China

June 17, 2006 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival

Czechia

January 1, 2003 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival

April 17, 2003 · Theatrical

Denmark

April 1, 2003 · Premiere · NatFilm Festival

April 25, 2003 · Theatrical

Egypt

May 2, 2021 · Physical · DVD

Estonia

May 2, 2003 · Theatrical

Finland

March 21, 2003 · Theatrical

France

March 12, 2003 · Theatrical

Germany

February 12, 2003 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival

May 14, 2003 · Theatrical

Greece

April 25, 2003 · Theatrical

Hungary

May 29, 2003 · Theatrical

Iceland

March 14, 2003 · Theatrical

Ireland

April 25, 2003 · Theatrical

Israel

May 8, 2003 · Theatrical

Italy

April 18, 2003 · Theatrical

Japan

January 24, 2004 · Theatrical

Lithuania

April 18, 2003 · Theatrical

Mexico

June 27, 2003 · Theatrical

Netherlands

April 10, 2003 · Theatrical

June 21, 2007 · Physical · DVD

July 28, 2011 · TV · Nederland 3

New Zealand

June 5, 2003 · Theatrical

Norway

March 31, 2003 · Theatrical

Panama

September 12, 2003 · Theatrical

Peru

May 29, 2003 · Theatrical

Philippines

May 7, 2003 · Theatrical

Poland

September 19, 2003 · Theatrical

Portugal

April 25, 2003 · Theatrical

Romania

April 18, 2003 · Theatrical

Serbia

March 2, 2003 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival

South Korea

August 22, 2003 · Theatrical

Spain

April 25, 2003 · Theatrical

Sweden

March 14, 2003 · Theatrical

Switzerland

April 2, 2003 · Theatrical · French

April 3, 2003 · Theatrical · German

April 18, 2003 · Theatrical · Italian

Türkiye

May 30, 2003 · Theatrical

United Arab Emirates

April 3, 2015 · TV

United Kingdom

April 24, 2003 · Theatrical

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