In the 2009 film The Box, what cash payment is offered for pressing the button?

In the 2009 film The Box, the mysterious offer is one million dollars for pressing the button.

The film follows Norma and Arthur Lewis, a couple who receive a box with a button from a stranger named Arlington Steward. They are told that pressing it will earn them one million dollars, but someone they do not know will die as a consequence. The amount creates the moral dilemma at the center of the story.

The Box was written and directed by Richard Kelly and is loosely based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button.” The film expands the short story into a science-fiction thriller involving larger questions about morality, choice, and human responsibility.

The payment is sometimes misremembered because the premise has appeared in summaries, adaptations, and television discussions. In the 2009 feature film, however, the stated reward is specifically one million dollars, not a vague or negotiable sum.