The Champ
The knockout picture of the year!
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
- Director
- King Vidor
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
12 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How The Champ 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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A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Champ returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $356,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Nov 21, 1931
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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