

Phone Booth
No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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6.9/10
4,383 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $97.8M
- Language
- English
- sniper
- new york city
- psychopath
- terrorism
- real time
- publicist
- affair
- phone booth
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival11 Mar 2003
- TheatricalR4 Apr 2003
- PhysicalRDVD8 Jul 2003
- PhysicalRBlu-ray13 Feb 2007
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical156 Jan 2003
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+22 May 2003
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 2002
BrazilBR
- Theatrical164 Apr 2003
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+26 Jun 2003
DenmarkDK
- Premiere15NatFilm Festival3 Apr 2003
FranceFR
- TheatricalU27 Aug 2003
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical167 Aug 2003
GreeceGR
- Theatrical18 Jul 2003
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1631 Jul 2003
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1518 Apr 2003
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Phone Booth was released on 6 January 2003.
Audience reviews
3- T6/10
The Movie Diorama
1/16/2020
Phone Booth dials up its millennial tension through suspenseful confined calls. Joel Schumacher is a rather inconsistent director. Unusual, yet capricious. From ‘The Lost Boys’ to ‘Batman & Robin’, his career has been considerably scattershot in terms of quality. Phone Booth, whilst quintessentially being a product of its time, happens to be his most simplistic. An arrogant publicist is held hostage in a phone booth …
- C6/10
CaseyReese
2/5/2023
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- R8/10
RalphRahal
12/14/2024
"Phone Booth" starts off a bit slow in the first act, but it quickly picks up the pace and becomes more intense as it goes along. Colin Farrell and Forest Whitaker deliver fantastic performances that really bring the intensity to life. Kiefer Sutherland, who I know and love from 24, is chilling as the voice on the phone, adding a menacing layer even without much screen time. What’s also impressive is that the w…
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