Burlesque
It takes a legend... to make a star
Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue.Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.
- Director
- Steve Antin
- Worldwide
- $90M
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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Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Burlesque returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $55M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $90M
- Release date
- Nov 23, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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