It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California.What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $60M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
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What It's About
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A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
The numbers
Box Office & Release
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World returned 6.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $60M
- Release date
- Nov 7, 1963
- Runtime
- 3h 12m
- MPAA rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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