The Descendants
The South Pacific ain't that terrific.
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Worldwide
- $177M
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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With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 5 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
1 win
- WinnerDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Descendants returned 8.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $177M
- Release date
- Sep 9, 2011
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- MPAA rating
- R
- 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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