The Disaster Artist
Based on the true story of one movie so bad it became infamous.
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
- Director
- James Franco
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Drama
- Worldwide
- $30M
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Cast
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What It's About
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An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Disaster Artist returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $30M
- Release date
- Mar 12, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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