Elysium
“He can save us all.”
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
Studio
TriStar Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Elysium performed
Budget
$115.0M
Worldwide Gross
$286.1M
Gross Profit
$171.1M
Return
2.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$36M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) 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
Max
Matt Damon
Max
Delacourt
Jodie Foster
Delacourt
Kruger
Sharlto Copley
Kruger
Julio
Diego Luna
Julio
Spider
Wagner Moura
Spider
Frey
Alice Braga
Frey
John Carlyle
William Fichtner
John Carlyle
Sandro
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Sandro
President Patel
Faran Tahir
President Patel
Young Max
Maxwell Perry Cotton
Young Max
Drake
Brandon Auret
Drake
Crowe
Josh Blacker
Crowe
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