The Bucket List
“Find the joy.”
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
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Cast
22 people
Jack Nicholson
Edward Periman Cole
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Morgan Freeman
Carter Chambers
Known for
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
Sean Hayes
Thomas
Known for
Monsters University
Will & Grace
Beverly Todd
Virginia Chambers
Known for
Lean On Me
Crash
Alfonso Freeman
Roger Chambers
Known for
The Retrieval
Dawn Lewis
Flight Attendant
Also in
Hardball
National Security
Rob Morrow
Dr. Hollins
Known for
Numb3rs
Quiz Show
Brian Copeland
Lee
Known for
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Rowena King
Angelica
Known for
Foundation
Emergence
Annton Berry Jr.
Kai
No other roles listed
Destiny Brownridge
Maya
No other roles listed
Verda Bridges
Chandra
Known for
House Party
Rob Reiner Director · Justin Zackham Writer Marc Shaiman Composer
Worldwide gross $175M · Budget $45M · United States release December 25, 2007
Box office
Budget
$45,000,000
Worldwide gross
$175,400,000
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
Two Ton Films
Production
Zadan / Meron Productions
Production
Reiner / Greisman Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 16, 2007
Premiere · Hollywood, California
United States · December 25, 2007
Limited theatrical
United States · June 10, 2008
Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
United States
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Australia
February 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Austria
January 25, 2008 · Digital
Brazil
February 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Canada
December 25, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto, Ontario
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
France
February 27, 2008 · Theatrical
September 10, 2008 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
August 24, 2013 · Digital
August 28, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Émotion
Germany
January 24, 2008 · Theatrical
May 21, 2008 · Physical
Greece
January 24, 2008 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 27, 2008 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 15, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
January 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
May 10, 2008 · Digital
Netherlands
March 27, 2008 · Theatrical
July 30, 2008 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
December 27, 2010 · TV · Veronica
Norway
April 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Poland
March 28, 2008 · Digital
Portugal
March 27, 2008 · Theatrical
Romania
March 28, 2008 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 9, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
February 1, 2008 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 25, 2008 · Theatrical
August 27, 2008 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Switzerland
January 24, 2008 · Digital
Taiwan
February 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Ukraine
April 24, 2008 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 15, 2008 · Theatrical
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