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City of God

Brazilian Cinema20022h 9mPortugueseTop 25% of Brazilian Cinema budgets
81Standing

6th of 45 in Brazilian Cinema

Reported gross
89
Return on budget
76
Audience rating
100
Momentum
50
  • Out-grossed 89% of Brazilian Cinema releases with reported figures ($31M).
  • Returned 9.3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
  • Momentum in the 50th percentile.
  • Audience rating 8.4 from 8,479 votes, the 100th percentile.
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Cost
$3M
Took
$31M
Blockbuster9.3× its cost

Against a Brazilian Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 5.5 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Released
30 August 2002
Runtime
2h 9m
Language
Portuguese
Industry
Brazilian Cinema
Top billedAll 29 credits
Made by
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Screenplay
Bráulio Mantovani
Original Music Composer
Ed Cortês, Antonio Pinto
Director of Photography
César Charlone
Producer
Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Marc Beauchamps, Daniel Filho, Hank Levine, Vincent Maraval, Donald Ranvaud, Juliette Renaud, Walter Salles
Filed under
DramaCrime

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