An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

Life Is Beautiful

Name: Life Is Beautiful
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1997-12-20
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric

Cinema Italiano19971h 56mItalianTop 7% of Cinema Italiano budgets

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8th of 137 in Cinema Italiano

Reported gross: 100
Return on budget: 97
Audience rating: 100
Momentum: 32

Out-grossed 100% of Cinema Italiano releases with reported figures ($230M).
Returned 11.5× its budget, against an industry median of 0.7×.
Momentum in the 32nd percentile.
Audience rating 8.4 from 14,280 votes, the 100th percentile.

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Cost: $20M
Took: $230M

Against a Cinema Italiano median of 0.7×, so this one returned 16.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Released: 20 December 1997
Runtime: 1h 56m
Language: Italian
Industry: Cinema Italiano

Top billedAll 22 credits

Made by

Director: Roberto Benigni
Screenplay: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Original Music Composer: Nicola Piovani
Director of Photography: Tonino Delli Colli
Producer: Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri

Filed under

ComedyDramaRomanceWar

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