Ghost in the Shell
“There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost.”
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
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Cast
58 people
Scarlett Johansson
Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi
Known for
Lucy
Black Widow
Scott Whyte
Loopers (voice)
Paul Pape
Loopers (voice)
Known for
Saturday Night Fever
The Desperate Hour
Kirk Baily
Loopers (voice)
Julianne Buescher
Loopers (voice)
Known for
The Muppets
Lessons in Chemistry
Ike Amadi
Loopers (voice)
Keith Silverstein
Loopers (voice)
Christopher Obi
Ambassador Kiyoshi
David Chen
Loopers (voice)
Lynnanne Zager
Loopers (voice)
Artt Butler
Loopers (voice)
Known for
Her
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
Takeshi Kitano
Aramaki
Known for
Battle Royale
Zatoichi
Rupert Sanders Director · Ehren Kruger Screenplay Jamie Moss Screenplay
Director
Rupert Sanders
Screenplay
Ehren Kruger
Screenplay
Jamie Moss
Screenplay
William Wheeler
Author
Shirow Masamune
Composer
Clint Mansell
Composer
Lorne Balfe
Cinematographer
Jess Hall
Editor
Neil Smith
Editor
Billy Rich
Production designer
Jan Roelfs
Costume designer
Kurt Swanson
Costume designer
Bart Mueller
Worldwide gross $170M · Budget $110M · United States release March 31, 2017
Box office
Budget
$110,000,000
Worldwide gross
$169,801,921
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Weying Galaxy Entertainment
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio · Distribution
Shanghai Film Group
Production
Reliance Entertainment
Production
Grosvenor Park Productions
Production
Steven Paul Production
Production
Huahua Media
Production
Seaside Entertainment
Production
DreamWorks Pictures
Production
Arad Productions
Production
DreamWorks
Production
Amblin Partners
Studio
China · Hong Kong SAR China · India · United States · Australia · New Zealand · United Kingdom · Canada · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian · Japanese
Release dates
Belgium · March 29, 2017
Theatrical
United States · March 31, 2017
Theatrical
United States · July 25, 2017
Physical
Argentina
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Australia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Austria
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
July 5, 2017 · Digital
Bulgaria
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Canada
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Chile
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Colombia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Croatia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 30, 2017 · Digital
Denmark
April 6, 2017 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 19, 2017 · Theatrical
Estonia
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Finland
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
France
March 29, 2017 · Theatrical
March 11, 2026 · TV · RMC Story
Germany
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
March 10, 2019 · TV · ProSieben
Greece
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Iceland
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
India
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Indonesia
March 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Israel
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Italy
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Japan
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Latvia
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Lebanon
April 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Lithuania
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Macao SAR China
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Malaysia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
August 9, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
November 27, 2018 · TV · Veronica
New Zealand
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Norway
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Panama
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Peru
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Philippines
March 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Poland
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Romania
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Russia
March 30, 2017 · Premiere
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Serbia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Slovakia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Slovenia
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
South Africa
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
August 7, 2017 · Physical
Switzerland
March 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Taiwan
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Thailand
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Ukraine
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
April 20, 2017 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
October 1, 2018 · Physical
August 29, 2019 · TV · Film4
Uruguay
March 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Venezuela
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
Vietnam
March 31, 2017 · Theatrical
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