House of Wax
“Prey. Slay. Display.”
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
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Cast
15 people
Elisha Cuthbert
Carly Jones
Known for
24
The Girl Next Door
Chad Michael Murray
Nick Jones
Known for
Marvel's Agent Carter
A Cinderella Story
Brian Van Holt
Bo Sinclair / Vincent Sinclair
Known for
Ascension
Cougar Town
Paris Hilton
Paige Edwards
Known for
The Hottie & The Nottie
Pledge This!
Jon Abrahams
Dalton Chapman
Known for
Scary Movie
Meet the Parents
Jared Padalecki
Wade Felton
Known for
Supernatural
Friday the 13th
Robert Ri'chard
Blake Johnson
Known for
Coach Carter
Alone
Damon Herriman
Lester Sinclair
Known for
Mr Inbetween
The Bondsman
Dragicia Debert
Trudy Sinclair
Known for
Fortress
Murray Smith
Dr. Victor Sinclair
Also in
Soul of the Slums
The Jazz Cinderella
Thomas Adamson
Young Bo
No other roles listed
Sam Harkess
Young Vincent
No other roles listed
Jaume Collet-Serra Director · Carey Hayes Screenplay Chad Hayes Screenplay
Worldwide gross $69M · Budget $40M · United States release May 6, 2005
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$68,766,121
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Village Roadshow Pictures
Production
Dark Castle Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · April 26, 2005
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · May 6, 2005
Theatrical
United States · October 25, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
April 30, 2005 · Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
Argentina
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Canada
May 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 28, 2005 · Theatrical
October 31, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Egypt
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
October 28, 2005 · Physical · DVD
France
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
October 22, 2005 · Theatrical · Tokyo
Kuwait
June 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Lithuania
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
January 23, 2008 · Physical · DVD
May 29, 2008 · TV · Veronica
Norway
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Peru
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Russia
July 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 5, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 20, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical · German
August 3, 2005 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
May 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
May 26, 2005 · Limited theatrical
Türkiye
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Venezuela
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
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