Babel
“If you want to be understood... listen.”
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Central Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Babel performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$135.3M
Gross Profit
$110.3M
Return
5.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Richard Jones
Brad Pitt
Richard Jones
Chieko
Rinko Kikuchi
Chieko
Amelia
Adriana Barraza
Amelia
Susan Jones
Cate Blanchett
Susan Jones
Kenji Mamiya
Satoshi Nikaido
Kenji Mamiya
Ahmed
Said Tarchani
Ahmed
Yussef
Boubker Ait El Caid
Yussef
Santiago
Gael García Bernal
Santiago
Mike Jones
Nathan Gamble
Mike Jones
Debbie Jones
Elle Fanning
Debbie Jones
Anwar
Mohamed Akhzam
Anwar
Mitsu
Yuko Murata
Mitsu
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