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The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1999-03-31
Duration: 136 min
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster

Hollywood19992h 16mEnglishTop 46% of Hollywood budgets

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231st of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 81
Return on budget: 85
Audience rating: 98
Momentum: 6

Out-grossed 81% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($464M).
Returned 7.4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 6th percentile.
Audience rating 8.3 from 28,852 votes, the 98th percentile.

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Cost: $63M
Took: $464M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 2.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Released: 31 March 1999
Runtime: 2h 16m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 22 credits

Made by

Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Writer: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Original Music Composer: Don Davis
Director of Photography: Bill Pope
Producer: Joel Silver

Filed under

ActionScience Fiction

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