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GenreAction, Adventure & Family
RatedPG
Runtime2 hr 30 mins
ReleasedMay 16, 2008
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorAndrew Adamson
StarringBen Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure & Family |
| Rated | PG |
| Released | 05/07/2008 (New York City); 05/16/2008 (United States); 06/26/2008 (United Kingdom) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 30 mins |
| Budget | $225M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States |
| Language | English |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian's Interests | |
| General | Susan's horn, Cair Paravel ruins, talking badgers, Telmarine helmets, sword fights, old kings and queens. |
| Music | Harry Gregson-Williams, back from the first film. |
| Movies | The 2005 first chapter, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Then The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. |
| Television | The Chronicles of Narnia, the BBC series. Aslan was a giant puppet, and it worked. |
| Heroes | Trumpkin. A grumpy dwarf with zero patience for kings and queens. |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian's Crew | |
| Director | Andrew Adamson |
| Writers | Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely |
| Producers | Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson, Philip Steuer |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Music | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Edited By | Sim Evan-Jones |
| Production | Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media |
| Distributed By | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Prince Caspian wants to be The Lord of the Rings so badly it borrowed the siege towers. The cozy wonder of the first Narnia is mostly gone, swapped for castle raids, catapults and 150 minutes of mud. Some of that works. The night raid on Miraz’s castle is tense and genuinely surprising for a family movie. Peter Dinklage is perfect as Trumpkin, grumpy and dry, and Reepicheep, a sword-swinging mouse with the manners of a knight, is the best new character. The problems are people. Peter spends the whole movie arguing with Caspian about who’s in charge, and it’s less a rivalry than two guys flexing in a hallway. Aslan shows up so late he might as well be a guest star. Georgie Henley’s Lucy is still the heart of it, and the movie keeps sidelining her. It made $419.7 million worldwide on a reported $225M. A 5.2 because the battles look expensive and the magic got lost on the way. $97.84 says you stand on a subway platform this week and half hope the wall falls away.
What works: Peter Dinklage’s Trumpkin and Reepicheep are fantastic, and the night castle raid is a tense, ambitious set piece.
What doesn’t: Peter and Caspian’s endless power struggle gets old, and at 150 minutes the battles crowd out the wonder that made Narnia special.
Who it’s for: Families with kids who loved the first one and are ready for more swords and less snow.
Spoilers
The castle raid fails, and Peter later duels Miraz and spares him, only for Miraz’s own lords to betray him and start the battle. Aslan wakes the trees and the river to win it, Caspian becomes king, and Peter and Susan learn they won’t be coming back to Narnia.
A year has passed in England for the four Pevensie kids, Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley). In Narnia, it has been about thirteen hundred years. A young Telmarine prince, Caspian (Ben Barnes), flees his castle when his uncle Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) decides the heir is in the way, and in the woods he blows Susan's old magic horn. The Pevensies get pulled out of a London Tube station and land near the ruins of their old castle, Cair Paravel. Their first new ally is a grumpy dwarf named Trumpkin (Peter Dinklage). Andrew Adamson directs. One hundred fifty minutes, swords out.
Anyone who answers when a magic horn calls. Even in the middle of a commute.
Prince Caspian X. Adamson said "Caspian is a coming-of-age aphoto: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
| Georgie Henley | Lucy Pevensie |
| Skandar Keynes | Edmund Pevensie |
| William Moseley | Peter Pevensie |
| Anna Popplewell | Susan Pevensie |
| Ben Barnes | Prince Caspian X. Adamson said "Caspian is a coming-of-age a |
| Sergio Castellitto | King Miraz |
| Pierfrancesco Favino | General Glozelle |
| Damián Alcázar | Lord Sopespian. "In some ways Sopespian turns out to be the |
| Vincent Grass | Dr. Cornelius |
| Alicia Borrachero | Queen Prunaprismia |
| Simón Andreu | Lord Scythley |
| Predrag Bjelac | Lord Donnon |
| David Bowles | Lord Gregoire |
| Juan Diego Montoya Garcia | Lord Montoya |
| Liam Neeson reprises his role | the voice of the lion Aslan |
| Peter Dinklage | Trumpkin |
| Warwick Davis | Nikabrik |
| Ken Stott | the voice of Trufflehunter the badger |
| Eddie Izzard | the voice of Reepicheep |
| Cornell John | Glenstorm |
| David Walliams | the voice of the Bulgy Bear |
| Klara Issova | a Narnian Hag |
| Gomez Mussenden | Lightning Bolt |
| Jan Pavel Filipensky | Wimbleweather |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 6.5 / 10 (242,311 votes) → 6.5 / 10 (242,326 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $419.7M; Domestic box office $141.6M; Opening weekend $55M; Profit / loss (est.) -$127.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 66%; CinemaScore A−; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 66% (188 reviews); Metacritic 62 / 100; CinemaScore A−; IMDb users 6.5 / 10 (242,311 votes); movie.guru score 5.7.
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