Syriana
“Everything is connected.”
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Participant
Language
en
Status
Released
How Syriana performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$94.0M
Gross Profit
$44.0M
Return
1.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$14M
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Bob Barnes
George Clooney
Bob Barnes
Bryan Woodman
Matt Damon
Bryan Woodman
Bennett Holiday
Jeffrey Wright
Bennett Holiday
Jimmy Pope
Chris Cooper
Jimmy Pope
Julie Woodman
Amanda Peet
Julie Woodman
Stan
William Hurt
Stan
Dean Whiting
Christopher Plummer
Dean Whiting
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Alexander Siddig
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
Arash
Kayvan Novak
Arash
Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Amr Waked
Mohammed Sheik Agiza
Tommy Barton
Robert Foxworth
Tommy Barton
Sydney Hewitt
Nicky Henson
Sydney Hewitt
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