Blow
based on a true story
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
- Director
- Ted Demme
- Worldwide
- $83M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Blow returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $53M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $83M
- Release date
- Apr 4, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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