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The Godfather
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320th of 1,098 in Hollywood
- Out-grossed 65% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($245M).
- Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
- Momentum in the 0th percentile.
- Audience rating 8.7 from 23,672 votes, the 100th percentile.
- Cost
- $6M
- Took
- $245M
Blockbuster40.8× its cost
Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 13.2 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
- Released
- 14 March 1972
- Runtime
- 2h 55m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- Hollywood
Top billedAll 23 credits
- Marlon BrandoDon Vito Corleone
- Al PacinoMichael Corleone
- James CaanSonny Corleone
- Robert DuvallTom Hagen
- Richard S. CastellanoClemenza
- Diane KeatonKay Adams
Made by
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Screenplay
- Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
- Original Music Composer
- Nino Rota
- Director of Photography
- Gordon Willis
- Producer
- Albert S. Ruddy, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Evans
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