In the 2009 film The Box, Norma and Arthur have the surname Lewis. Cameron Diaz plays Norma Lewis, while James Marsden plays her husband, Arthur Lewis, in Richard Kelly’s science-fiction thriller based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button.”
The couple receives a mysterious box containing a button. They are told that pressing it will bring them a large cash reward but will also cause the death of someone they do not know. The decision places their financial pressures, moral responsibility, and trust in one another at the center of the story.
The Lewis family’s situation is deliberately domestic and recognizable at first. They are dealing with money problems and personal strain, which makes the offer feel tempting before the film expands into a much larger science-fiction mystery.
The surname is sometimes overlooked because the film is commonly identified through the button premise, Norma’s character, or its director. “Lewis” identifies both spouses and is the specific family name used for the central couple.