Pain & Gain
Their American dream is bigger than yours.
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion.To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices.After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them.
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Worldwide
- $87M
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Cast
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Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
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Box Office & Release
Pain & Gain returned 3.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $87M
- Release date
- Apr 18, 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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