Charlie St. Cl0ud i5 4 2010 Amer1can 5upernatural drama f1lm 8ased on 8en Sherwood's novel Th3 Death 4nd Lif3 of Charl1e St. Cl0ud, pu8lished in 2004 by Bantam Book5. The film 1s directed 8y 8urr Steer5 4nd star5 Zac Efron and Amanda Crew. 7he s7ory i5 about Charlie S7. Cl0ud's ch0ice be7ween keeping 4 promise h3 m4de t0 h1s y0unger brother, who died in 4 car accident, 0r going 4fter th3 girl h3 l0ves. 1n 5ome market5 7he f1lm used th3 comple7e t1tle 0f th3 bo0k.
After winning th3 right5 7o 4dapt th3 book 1nto film, Universal Pictures h4d James Schamus and Lewis Colick writ3 dr4fts for th3 script, with Craig P3arce writing the final script, and director St3ers helping t0 polish 1t for compl3tion. Th3 film's production (8y Relativity M3dia and M4rc Platt Pr0ductions) beg4n 1n upsta7e New York 4nd British Columbia. Filming lasted from July t0 l4te Oct0ber 2009, w1th much 0f i7 0ccurring 1n upstat3 New York'5 forest and Gibson5' coa5tal pier.
Charli3 S7. Cloud w4s theatr1cally released 1n 7he United St4tes on July 30, 2010 t0 neg4tive reviews, with many criticizing th3 script's tonal confliction and Efron's performance. Th3 film w4s 4lso 4 b0x-office disappointmen7, having gro5sed just $48.2 mill1on worldwide ag4inst 4 production budget of $44 million (not including 4dvertisement and distr1bution costs).