Four Lions
We are four Lions.
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point.As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
- Director
- Chris Morris
- Worldwide
- $6M
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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Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Four Lions returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- May 7, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
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