City of Ember

City of Ember
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGil Kenan
Written byCaroline Thompson
Based onThe City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyXavier Pérez Grobet
Edited byAdam P. Scott
Zach Staenberg
Music byAndrew Lockington
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (United States)
Summit Entertainment (International)
Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release date
  • October 10, 2008 (2008-10-10)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.