Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Ghostlight (2024) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Dolly de Leon, Hanna Dworkin, Tommy Rivera-Vega DIRECTOR: Alex Thompson, Kelly O'Sullivan CINEMATOGRAPHY: Luke Dyra MUSIC: Quinn Tsan PRODUCTION: Little Engine, Runaway Train

Box Office Performance

Ghostlight earned $697,229 domestically and $-24,589 internationally, for a worldwide total of $672,640. The film skewed heavily domestic (104%), suggesting strong North American appeal.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

Kelly O'Sullivan wrote the part of Dan for Keith Kupferer, whom she had previously worked with in a 2014 production of The Humans in Chicago, Illinois. Kupferer suggested his daughter Katherine for the role of Daisy, who auditioned and landed the part, and his wife Tara Mallen was cast as Sharon shortly thereafter.

Co-directed by O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, Ghostlight was shot and edited simultaneously in October 2023. It was produced by Thompson, Ian Keiser, Alex Wilson, Pierce Cravens, Edwin Linker, and Chelsea Krant.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 5 wins & 18 nominations total

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CRITICAL RECEPTION

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "a quietly compelling film that shows how power of theater brings teens and parents together." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com wrote that the film "tests your patience early but becomes powerful as it goes along... Some of the elements that might initially seem odd become the source of great strength for the movie as drama."

At the Seattle International Film Festival, the film won first runner-up for the Golden Space Needle Award, co-directors O'Sullivan and Thompson won the audience award for Best Directors, and Keith Kupferer won Best Performance.