City of God

Name: City of God
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002-08-30
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 8.4

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

2h 9m Portuguese

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City of God

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

2h 9m Portuguese

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Director Fernando Meirelles

Novel Paulo Lins Screenplay Bráulio Mantovani

Budget $3,300,000

Revenue $30,641,770

Net Return +$27,341,770

Performance 9.29x budget

Profitable

0x 1.0x (Budget) 2.5x (Est. Break-even)

* Movies typically require ~2.5x budget in ticket sales to cover marketing and theater splits.