Summer of Sam
No one is safe from Son of Sam.
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Summer of Sam returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $22M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Jun 28, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
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