The Big Lebowski
Did The Big Lebowski make money?
Profitable 3.1x budget
The Big Lebowski made $47.0M — 1.3× its estimated $37.5M break-even.
Budget
$15.0M
Break-even est.
Estimated. A cinema release usually needs around 2.5× its budget to turn a profit, once marketing and the exhibitor’s share are accounted for. Streaming and home video are not included in these figures.
$37.5M
Worldwide gross
$47.0M
Calls locked at release
The film
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Details
- Released
- 6 March 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genre
- Comedy, Crime
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
- Language
- English, Hebrew, Spanish, German
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