The Majestic
A blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter with amnesia arrives in a tight‑knit 1950s town, where locals mistake him for their long‑lost son, forcing him to choose between reclaiming his former life or embracing the new identity that could save the community from its own secrets.
“Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.”
Synopsis
Set in 1951, the story follows a Hollywood writer who has been blacklisted, who suffers a car accident that results in memory loss and subsequently moves to a small town, where he is mistaken for a missing son and begins a new life there.
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A crew of 278+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Jim PageShot by David TattersallScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Gregory S MeltonSound by Richard L AndersonCostumes by Karyn WagnerStunts by Pat BantaVFX by Craig Barron
Box Office
2001 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$37.3M
US & Canada: $27.8M — 75% of worldwide · International: $9.5M (25%)
Opening weekend: $4.9M — 18% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $10.1M — 36% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,361 theaters
Also known as
- The Majesticde
- (Bulgarian)Маджестик
Release dates around the world4 countries · showhide
- United StatesDec 11, 2001
- CanadaDec 21, 2001
- SingaporeFeb 9, 2002
- ArgentinaMar 8, 2002
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Cast & Crew
278 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jim Carrey
as Peter Appleton
Martin Landau
as Harry Trimble
Bob Balaban
as Elvin Clyde
Jeffrey Demunn
as Ernie Cole
Hal Holbrook
as Congressman Doyle
Laurie Holden
as Adele Stanton
Brent Briscoe
as Sheriff Cecil Coleman
Ron Rifkin
as Kevin Bannerman
Gerry Black
as Emmett Smith
David Ogden Stiers
as Doc Stanton
James Whitmore
as Stan Keller
Susan Willis
as Irene Terwilliger
Supporting cast
71Catherine Dent
as Mabel
Brian Howe
as Carl Leffert, Head of the Studio
Karl Bury
as Bob Leffert
Chelcie Ross
as Avery Wyatt
Amanda Detmer
as Sandra Sinclair
Allen Garfield
as Leo Kubelsky
Daniel Von Bargen
as Federal Agent Ellerby
Shawn Doyle
as Federal Agent Saunders
Mario Roccuzzo
as Jerry the Bartender
Frank Collison
as Subpoena Server
Bill Gratton
as Daley
Ginger Williams
as Louise
Ken Magee
as Coastal Engineer
Csilla Horvath
as Nurse Muriel
April Ortiz
as Vera
Larry Cox
as Grauman's Usher
Julie Richardson
as Grauman's Bon-Bon Girl
Scotty Leavenworth
as Joey
Grant Vaught
as Boy on Beach
Bob Wells
as Reverend
Kevin Demunn
as Western Union Man
Earl Boen
as Newsreel Announcer
Bruce Campbell
as Roland the Intrepid Explorer
Cliff Curtis
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Michael Sloane
as Kindly Old Professor Meredith
Garry Marshall
as Studio Executive
Paul Mazursky
as Studio Executive
Sydney Pollack
as Studio Executive
Carl Reiner
as Studio Executive
Rob Reiner
as Studio Executive
Matt Damon
as Luke Trimble
Matt G Wiens
as Spencer Wyatt
Jeffrey Adams
as Principal Swing Dancer
Steven Lee Allen
as Studio Guard
Kris Andersson
as Dancer
Alvah Bessie
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole)
Herbert J Biberman
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives)
Jennifer Blaire
as Carl's Date
Chris Carver
as Dancer
Lester Cole
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives)
Lathan Crowe
as Casanova
Corey Foxx
as Photographer
Kate Greeke
as Popcorn Girl
Gordon Hart
as Swing Dancer
J Edgar Hoover
as Self (targets Communists)
Jesse Jensen
as Soldier
Mary Kircher
as Swing Dancer
Tony Laanan
as Grauman's Usher
Ring Lardner Jr
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman)
John Howard Lawson
as Self (Hollywood Ten, testifies)
Brian Libby
as Studio Guard Hal
Melissa S Markess
as Swing Dancer
Amanda Melby
as Young Mrs. Trimble
Christopher Metas
as Cassanova
Melissa Noble
as Swing Dancer
Samuel Ornitz
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives)
Kimberly Prendez
as Girl at Welcome Home Party
Maudie Purcell
as Old Lady
Bubba Dean Rambo
as Swing Dancer
George Ratliff
as Dancer
Craig Richards
as Studio Guard
Philip Romano
as Sword fight
Dave Rosenbaum
as Swing Dancer
Adrian Scott
as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole)
Gary Sommers
as FBI Agent
Cole Spivey
as Theater Patron
Tai
as Elephant
Robert Thorne
as FBI Agent
Jack Truman
as Party Member
Sheb Wooley
as Screaming Audience Member
Steven Paul Zsenyuk
as Driver, Theater Patron
Directors
1Writers
1Producers
8Anna Garduno
associate producer
Claudia Cummings
producer pre-records
Frank Darabont
Producer
Jeremiah Vaughn
associate producer (as Jeremy Dienstl)
Jim Behnke
executive producer
Krystyna Demkowicz
visual effects producer: Matte World Digital
Linda Fields Hill
associate producer (as Linda Fields-Hill)
Michael Sloane
associate producer
Other crew
195Glenn Cotter
3d artist
Alison Cannon
accountant
Renee Orcutt
accounting production assistant
Robert Skid Skidmore
additional second assistant director
Doc Kane
adr mixer
Steve Finnigan
adr recordist
Petra Bach
adr supervisor
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
David Allsberry
animal trainer
Kristine Mcpherson
apprentice editor
P Erik Carlson
as Erik Carlson
Natalie Pope
as Natalie Kendrick Pope
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