A Better Tomorrow
Brothers by blood. Enemies by chance. Killers by nature.
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
- Director
- John Woo
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
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Box Office & Release
A Better Tomorrow returned 3.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Aug 2, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- Hong Kong
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