The Shining
Released Date
May 23, 1980
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Genre
Horror
Rating
R
Budget
$19,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$45,332,952 + $1,665,820 = $46,998,772
$45,332,952 + $1,665,820 = $46,998,772
About The Shining
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
About
Stanley Kubrick film about an alcoholic writer who goes insane in an isolated hotel with his family. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name.
Trivia
Stanley Kubrick directed, co-wrote, and produced the film. Jack Nicholson only ate his least favorite food, cheese sandwiches, for two weeks prior to shooting to get into an angry and irritable mood.