The Gods Must Be Crazy
“The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop!”
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
Genres
Action, Comedy
Studio
CAT Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Gods Must Be Crazy performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$200.0M
Gross Profit
$195.0M
Return
40.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$27M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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
Andrew Steyn
Marius Weyers
Andrew Steyn
Kate Thompson
Sandra Prinsloo
Kate Thompson
Xi
N!xau
Xi
Sam Boga
Louw Verwey
Sam Boga
Mpudi
Michael Thys
Mpudi
Jack Hind
Nic De Jager
Jack Hind
Card 1
Fanyana H. Sidumo
Card 1
Card 2
Joe Seakatsie
Card 2
Mr. Thompson
Brian O'Shaughnessy
Mr. Thompson
President
Ken Gampu
President
Narrator (voice)
Paddy O'Byrne
Narrator (voice)
The Reverend (voice) (uncredited)
Graham Armitage
The Reverend (voice) (uncredited)
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