The Blues Brothers
They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God.
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
- Director
- John Landis
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Humour
- Worldwide
- $115M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Blues Brothers 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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Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Blues Brothers appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #9
Placed at #9 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #65
Placed at #65 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Blues Brothers returned 4.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $27M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $115M
- Release date
- Jun 16, 1980
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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