Blow
“based on a true story”
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
New Line Cinema
Language
en
Status
Released
How Blow performed
Budget
$53.0M
Worldwide Gross
$83.3M
Gross Profit
$30.3M
Return
1.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$14M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) 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
George Jung
Johnny Depp
George Jung
Mirtha Jung
Penélope Cruz
Mirtha Jung
Barbara Buckley
Franka Potente
Barbara Buckley
Ermine Jung
Rachel Griffiths
Ermine Jung
Fred Jung
Ray Liotta
Fred Jung
Diego Delgado
Jordi Mollà
Diego Delgado
Pablo Escobar
Cliff Curtis
Pablo Escobar
Derek Foreal
Paul Reubens
Derek Foreal
Augusto Oliveras
Miguel Sandoval
Augusto Oliveras
Kevin Dulli
Max Perlich
Kevin Dulli
Tuna
Ethan Suplee
Tuna
Leon Minghella
Kevin Gage
Leon Minghella
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