Philadelphia
No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system.
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination.As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Worldwide
- $207M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Box Office & Release
Philadelphia returned 7.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $26M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $207M
- Release date
- Dec 22, 1993
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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