Gladiator
“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Genres
Action, Drama, Adventure
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Gladiator performed
Budget
$103.0M
Worldwide Gross
$465.5M
Gross Profit
$362.5M
Return
4.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$62M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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
Maximus
Russell Crowe
Maximus
Commodus
Joaquin Phoenix
Commodus
Lucilla
Connie Nielsen
Lucilla
Proximo
Oliver Reed
Proximo
Marcus Aurelius
Richard Harris
Marcus Aurelius
Gracchus
Derek Jacobi
Gracchus
Juba
Djimon Hounsou
Juba
Falco
David Schofield
Falco
Gaius
John Shrapnel
Gaius
Quintus
Tomas Arana
Quintus
Hagen
Ralf Moeller
Hagen
Lucius
Spencer Treat Clark
Lucius
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