Limelight
The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
- Worldwide
- $1M
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A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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Box Office & Release
Limelight returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $900,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Oct 16, 1952
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- MPAA rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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