City of Ember
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| Directed by | Gil Kenan |
| Written by | Caroline Thompson |
| Based on | The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau |
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| Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| Edited by | Adam P. Scott Zach Staenberg |
| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (United States) Summit Entertainment (International) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55 million |
| Box office | $17.9 million |
City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Directed by Gil Kenan, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mary Kay Place, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, and Tim Robbins.
City of Ember was theatrically released on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million.