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Blow

Blow

Apr 4, 2001
124 min
CrimeDrama
7.4/ 10
4,461 votes

Overview

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

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TMDB
7.4/10
4,461 votes
IMDB
7.5/10
283,921 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
52/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$53,000,000Production cost
Box Office$83,300,000Worldwide gross
Profit$30,300,000Profitable
ROI
+57.2%Return on investment
US Box Office$52,990,775Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

3 wins & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

"based on a true story"

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$53,000,000

Revenue

$83,300,000

Production Companies

New Line CinemaSpanky PicturesApostle

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