Motherless Brooklyn
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Class 5 Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Motherless Brooklyn performed
Budget
$26.0M
Worldwide Gross
$18.4M
Gross Profit
−$7.6M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
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
Lionel Essrog
Edward Norton
Lionel Essrog
Frank Minna
Bruce Willis
Frank Minna
Laura Rose
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Laura Rose
Moses Randolph
Alec Baldwin
Moses Randolph
Paul Randolph
Willem Dafoe
Paul Randolph
Tony Vermonte
Bobby Cannavale
Tony Vermonte
Gabby Horowitz
Cherry Jones
Gabby Horowitz
Trumpet Man
Michael Kenneth Williams
Trumpet Man
Julia Minna
Leslie Mann
Julia Minna
Gilbert Coney
Ethan Suplee
Gilbert Coney
Danny Fantl
Dallas Roberts
Danny Fantl
William Lieberman
Josh Pais
William Lieberman
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