Lady in the Water
“Time is running out for a happy ending.”
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Studio
Legendary Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Lady in the Water performed
Budget
$70.0M
Worldwide Gross
$72.8M
Gross Profit
$2.8M
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$10M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Cleveland Heep
Paul Giamatti
Cleveland Heep
Story
Bryce Dallas Howard
Story
Mr. Dury
Jeffrey Wright
Mr. Dury
Harry Farber
Bob Balaban
Harry Farber
Anna Ran
Sarita Choudhury
Anna Ran
Young-Soon Choi
Cindy Cheung
Young-Soon Choi
Vick Ran
M. Night Shyamalan
Vick Ran
Reggie
Freddy Rodríguez
Reggie
Mr. Leeds
Bill Irwin
Mr. Leeds
Mrs. Bell
Mary Beth Hurt
Mrs. Bell
Joey Dury
Noah Gray-Cabey
Joey Dury
Long Haired Smoker
Joseph D. Reitman
Long Haired Smoker
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