Magnolia
Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Worldwide
- $48M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
26 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Magnolia returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $37M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $48M
- Release date
- Dec 17, 1999
- Runtime
- 3h 9m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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