The Kite Runner
“There is a way to be good again.”
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
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Cast
18 people
Khalid Abdalla
Amir
Known for
Moon Knight
The Day of the Jackal
Homayoun Ershadi
Baba
Known for
Taste of Cherry
A Most Wanted Man
Shaun Toub
Rahim Kahn
Known for
Iron Man
The Last Airbender
Atossa Leoni
Soraya
Also in
The Princess & the Marine
Homeland
Saïd Taghmaoui
Farid
Known for
Wonder Woman
La Haine
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada
Young Hassan
Also in
Blinded
Elham Ehsas
Young Assef
Known for
Shantaram
Fuze
Mustafa Haidari
Party Worker
Known for
Money Heist
Man Down
Zekeria Ebrahimi
Young Amir
No other roles listed
Ali Danish Bakhty Ari
Sohrab
No other roles listed
Nabi Tanha
Ali
No other roles listed
Bahram Ehsas
Wali
Known for
House of Saddam
Marc Forster Director · David Benioff Screenplay Khaled Hosseini Author
Worldwide gross $73M · Budget $20M · United States release December 14, 2007
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$73,276,047
Gross vs. budget
3.7×
Production
Wonderland Films
Production
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Production
Participant
Production
Parkes+MacDonald Production
Production
China Film Co-Production
Production
Beijing Happy Pictures Cultural Communications Co.
Production
Kite Runner Holdings
Production
Neal Street Productions
Production
DreamWorks Pictures
Production
DreamWorks
Studio · Production
Ebeling Group
Production
MacDonald/Parkes Productions
Production
Participant Media
Production
China · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Pashto · Portuguese · Russian · Urdu
Release dates
United States · October 5, 2007
Premiere · Scottsdale International Film Festival
United States · December 14, 2007
Limited theatrical
United States
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Australia
January 17, 2008 · Theatrical
Austria
January 18, 2008 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 13, 2008 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 18, 2008 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Colombia
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Croatia
February 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 21, 2008 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Egypt
March 12, 2008 · Theatrical
Estonia
February 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Finland
March 28, 2008 · Theatrical
France
February 13, 2008 · Theatrical
Germany
January 16, 2008 · Theatrical
Greece
April 3, 2008 · Theatrical
August 25, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
January 24, 2008 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 21, 2008 · Theatrical
Iceland
February 29, 2008 · Theatrical
India
October 21, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
December 26, 2007 · Theatrical
Israel
February 21, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
October 20, 2007 · Premiere · (Rome Film Festival
March 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
May 31, 2008 · Theatrical
Lebanon
February 21, 2008 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 18, 2008 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 10, 2008 · Theatrical
November 19, 2009 · Physical · Blu ray
March 30, 2012 · Physical · DVD
May 4, 2016 · TV · Net 5
Norway
January 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Panama
March 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 27, 2008 · Theatrical
Poland
February 29, 2008 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Romania
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 31, 2008 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 13, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 17, 2008 · Theatrical · German
February 6, 2008 · Theatrical · French
April 4, 2008 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
March 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Thailand
February 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 21, 2008 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 26, 2007 · Theatrical
Uruguay
April 18, 2008 · Theatrical
Venezuela
May 30, 2008 · Theatrical
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