The Godfather
“An offer you can't refuse.”
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Genres
Drama, Crime
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Godfather performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$245.1M
Gross Profit
$239.1M
Return
40.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$35M
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
Don Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando
Don Vito Corleone
Michael Corleone
Al Pacino
Michael Corleone
Sonny Corleone
James Caan
Sonny Corleone
Tom Hagen
Robert Duvall
Tom Hagen
Clemenza
Richard S. Castellano
Clemenza
Kay Adams
Diane Keaton
Kay Adams
Connie Corleone Rizzi
Talia Shire
Connie Corleone Rizzi
Carlo Rizzi
Gianni Russo
Carlo Rizzi
Captain McCluskey
Sterling Hayden
Captain McCluskey
Jack Woltz
John Marley
Jack Woltz
Barzini
Richard Conte
Barzini
Sollozzo
Al Lettieri
Sollozzo
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