Be Somebody
During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous.
- Director
- Liu Xunzimo
- Worldwide
- $132M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot.
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Box Office & Release
Be Somebody returned 3.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $132M
- Release date
- Nov 11, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China
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