Million Dollar Baby
Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life.But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $217M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
30 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How Million Dollar Baby 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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Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Million Dollar Baby appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #170
Placed at #170 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
7 wins · 7 nominations
Academy Awards
4 wins · 7 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
César Award for Best Foreign Film
1 win
- WinnerCésar Award for Best Foreign Film
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Million Dollar Baby returned 7.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $217M
- Release date
- Dec 5, 2004
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Irish
- Country
- Switzerland, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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