Lion
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A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home.He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- Director
- Garth Davis
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $140M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Lion 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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A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Lion appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Movies of the 2010s Ranked #49
Placed at #49 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #180
Placed at #180 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Lion returned 11.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $140M
- Release date
- Nov 24, 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Bengali, English
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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