The Invention of Lying
In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... This guy can lie.
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
- Director
- Ricky Gervais
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $32M
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Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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The Invention of Lying returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $19M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $32M
- Release date
- Oct 2, 2009
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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