The Majestic is a 2001 American
drama film directed and produced by
Frank Darabont, written by
Michael Sloane, and starring
Jim Carrey,
Bob Balaban,
Brent Briscoe,
Jeffrey DeMunn,
Amanda Detmer,
Allen Garfield,
Hal Holbrook,
Laurie Holden,
Martin Landau,
Ron Rifkin,
David Ogden Stiers, and
James Whitmore. Filmed in
Ferndale, California, it premiered on December 11, 2001, and was released in the United States on December 21, 2001. Jim Carrey's performance in
The Majestic was a departure from his previous work, which until then had mostly been
comedy films. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and with a gross of $37 million worldwide against a budget of $72 million,
The Majestic was a
box office bomb.