Citizen Kane
Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist.As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $23M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
25 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Citizen Kane actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Citizen Kane appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #81
Placed at #81 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #213
Placed at #213 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Citizen Kane returned 27.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $839,727
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $23M
- Release date
- Apr 17, 1941
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- —
- 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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