A master of possession. A crime of obsession.
The Best Offer
82Standing
10th of 137 in Cinema Italiano
- Out-grossed 88% of Cinema Italiano releases with reported figures ($19M).
- Returned 1.4× its budget, against an industry median of 0.7×.
- Momentum in the 65th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.8 from 3,164 votes, the 97th percentile.
- Cost
- $14M
- Took
- $19M
Average1.4× its cost
Against a Cinema Italiano median of 0.7×, so this one returned 2.0 times what a typical release there does.
The money says average. What do you say?
The picture
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
- Released
- 1 January 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Language
- Italian
- Industry
- Cinema Italiano
Top billedAll 21 credits
- Geoffrey RushVirgil Oldman
- Jim SturgessRobert
- Sylvia HoeksClaire Ibbetson
- Donald SutherlandBilly Whistler
- Maximilian DirrVirgil's Assistant
- Philip JacksonFred
Made by
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Writer
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Original Music Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Director of Photography
- Fabio Zamarion
- Producer
- Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia
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