On the Basis of Sex
“Her story made history”
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
Participant
Language
en
Status
Released
How On the Basis of Sex performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$38.8M
Gross Profit
$18.8M
Return
1.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Felicity Jones
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Martin D. Ginsburg
Armie Hammer
Martin D. Ginsburg
Mel Wulf
Justin Theroux
Mel Wulf
Erwin Griswold
Sam Waterston
Erwin Griswold
Dorothy Kenyon
Kathy Bates
Dorothy Kenyon
Jane C. Ginsburg
Cailee Spaeny
Jane C. Ginsburg
James Steven Ginsburg
Callum Shoniker
James Steven Ginsburg
James H. Bozarth
Jack Reynor
James H. Bozarth
Professor Brown
Stephen Root
Professor Brown
Professor Gerald Gunther
Ronald Guttman
Professor Gerald Gunther
Charles Moritz
Chris Mulkey
Charles Moritz
Judge William Edward Doyle
Gary Werntz
Judge William Edward Doyle
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