Erin Brockovich
She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra.Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town.She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
- Worldwide
- $256M
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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A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Non-European Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Erin Brockovich returned 4.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $52M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $256M
- Release date
- Mar 17, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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