8 Mile
Every moment is another chance.
, life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive.Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
- Director
- Curtis Hanson
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $243M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
8 Mile returned 5.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $41M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $243M
- Release date
- Nov 8, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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