Raising Arizona
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $29M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Raising Arizona appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #42
Placed at #42 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Raising Arizona returned 4.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Mar 13, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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