The Phantom of the Opera

Genre: Musical

Worldwide gross$155M

Begins when an opera ghost terrorizes the cast and crew of the French Opera House while tutoring a chorus girl. He finally drives the lead soprano crazy so she and her friend leave. The girl is able to sing lead one night but the soprano doesn't want her show stolen so she comes back. The ghost demands they keep giving his protégé lead roles. Meanwhile, His pupil falls in love with the Vicomte de Chagny, but the Phantom is in love with Christine, his student. The Phantom is outraged by their love and kidnaps Christine to be his eternal bride. Will Raoul, the Vicomte, be able to stop this dastardly plan?

🏆 Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 wins & 42 nominations total

Genres

Drama, Musical, Romance

Director

Joel Schumacher

Cast

Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson

Released

21 January 2005

Runtime

2h 23m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.2 / 10

Votes

136,113

Metascore

40

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Box office

$51,293,931

Budget

$70,000,000

Edition

Base