How The Big Short performed
Budget
$28.0M
Worldwide Gross
$133.3M
Gross Profit
$105.3M
Return
4.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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
Mark Baum
Steve Carell
Mark Baum
Michael Burry
Christian Bale
Michael Burry
Jared Vennett
Ryan Gosling
Jared Vennett
Ben Rickert
Brad Pitt
Ben Rickert
Cynthia Baum
Marisa Tomei
Cynthia Baum
Georgia Hale
Melissa Leo
Georgia Hale
Porter Collins
Hamish Linklater
Porter Collins
Charlie Geller
John Magaro
Charlie Geller
Danny Moses
Rafe Spall
Danny Moses
Vinny Daniel
Jeremy Strong
Vinny Daniel
Jamie Shipley
Finn Wittrock
Jamie Shipley
Lawrence Fields
Tracy Letts
Lawrence Fields
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