The Golden Compass
Released Date
December 7, 2007
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Genre
Fantasy
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$180,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$70,107,728 + $302,127,136 = $372,234,864
$70,107,728 + $302,127,136 = $372,234,864
Cast
Nicole Kidman,
Freddie Highmore,
Daniel Craig,
Ian McKellen,
Kathy Bates,
Christopher Lee,
Eva Green,
Sam Elliott,
Charlie Rowe,
Dakota Blue Richards,
Ian McShane,
Clare Higgins,
Jack Shepherd,
Jason Watkins,
Jim Carter,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Derek Jacobi,
Magda Szubanski,
Tom Courtenay,
Simon McBurney
About The Golden Compass
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
About
A young orphan in a parallel universe travels far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from a mysterious organization. It was based on the book Northern Lights, the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Trivia
The movie won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It was one of New Line Cinema's most expensive projects ever. HBO would adapt a show called His Dark Materials from Pullman's books.