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Silence

2016 161 min English R

“Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound.”

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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Cast

66 people

Martin Scorsese Director · Jay Cocks Screenplay

Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $46M · United States release December 23, 2016

Box office

Budget

$46,000,000

Worldwide gross

$23,834,809

Gross vs. budget

0.5×

Production

W

Waypoint Entertainment

Production

C

Cappa Defina Productions

Production

C

CatchPlay

Production

F

Fábrica de Cine

Production

S

SharpSword Films

Production

S

Sikelia Productions

Production

E

EFO Films

Production

P

Paramount Pictures

Studio

E

Emmett Furla Oasis Films

Production

Mexico · Taiwan · United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · Japanese

Release dates

Italy · November 29, 2016

Premiere · Vatican City

United States · December 23, 2016

Limited theatrical

United States · March 14, 2017

Digital

United States

January 1, 2017 · Theatrical

March 28, 2017 · Physical

Australia

February 16, 2017 · Theatrical

Austria

March 3, 2017 · Digital

Brazil

March 8, 2017 · Theatrical

Chile

March 16, 2017 · Theatrical

Czechia

February 16, 2017 · Digital

Denmark

January 26, 2017 · Theatrical

Estonia

February 17, 2017 · Theatrical

France

February 8, 2017 · Theatrical

June 15, 2017 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray

September 11, 2018 · Digital · VOD

April 1, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video

Germany

March 2, 2017 · Theatrical

Greece

January 5, 2017 · Theatrical

Ireland

January 1, 2017 · Theatrical

Italy

January 12, 2017 · Theatrical

Japan

January 21, 2017 · Theatrical

Lithuania

February 3, 2017 · Theatrical

Netherlands

January 5, 2017 · Theatrical

June 20, 2017 · Physical · DVD

Poland

February 17, 2017 · Theatrical

Portugal

January 19, 2017 · Theatrical

Russia

January 26, 2017 · Theatrical

South Korea

February 28, 2017 · Theatrical

Spain

January 6, 2017 · Theatrical · ICAA 211516

Thailand

August 17, 2017 · Theatrical

Ukraine

January 19, 2017 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

January 1, 2017 · Theatrical

May 8, 2017 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray

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