The Raven
“The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.”
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
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Cast
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John Cusack
Edgar Allan Poe
Known for
2012
1408
Luke Evans
Detective Fields
Known for
Dracula Untold
Beauty and the Beast
Alice Eve
Emily Hamilton
Known for
Marvel's Iron Fist
Star Trek Into Darkness
Brendan Gleeson
Colonel Hamilton
Known for
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Edge of Tomorrow
Kevin McNally
Maddux
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
TURN: Washington's Spies
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
John Cantrell
Known for
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Jimmy Yuill
Captain Eldridge
Known for
EastEnders
Going Postal
Pam Ferris
Mrs. Bradley
Known for
Children of Men
Matilda
Brendan Coyle
Reagan
Known for
Downton Abbey
Me Before You
Sam Hazeldine
Ivan
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Peaky Blinders
Adrian Rawlins
Doc Clements
Known for
Chernobyl
The White Princess
Aidan Feore
Stage Manager
Also in
The Dark Knight
James McTeigue Director · Ben Livingston Screenplay Hannah Shakespeare Screenplay
Worldwide gross $30M · Budget $26M · United States release April 27, 2012
Box office
Budget
$26,000,000
Worldwide gross
$29,657,751
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Relativity Media
Production · Studio
Intrepid Pictures
Production
FilmNation Entertainment
Production
Galavis Film
Production
Pioneer Pictures
Production
Endgame Entertainment
Production
Hungary · Serbia · Spain · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 9, 2012
Theatrical
United States · April 27, 2012
Theatrical
Argentina
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Bolivia
August 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Chile
June 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Croatia
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 16, 2012 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 25, 2012 · Theatrical
El Salvador
August 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Estonia
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
France
June 20, 2012 · Theatrical
August 5, 2017 · Digital · VOD
June 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Georgia
April 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
September 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Greece
May 31, 2012 · Theatrical
October 9, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
June 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
Iceland
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
India
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 9, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
March 23, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
October 12, 2012 · Digital
Kuwait
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Latvia
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Lebanon
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Lithuania
May 4, 2012 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Norway
May 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Peru
September 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Poland
May 18, 2021 · TV
Portugal
May 3, 2012 · Theatrical
Romania
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Russia
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 26, 2012 · Theatrical
Spain
June 29, 2012 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 19, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
July 10, 2012 · Digital
Taiwan
June 22, 2012 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Ukraine
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
April 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Uruguay
July 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Venezuela
October 26, 2012 · Theatrical
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