The Royal Tenenbaums
Family isn't a word... it's a sentence.
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated.All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses.Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster.Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault.
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Worldwide
- $71M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Royal Tenenbaums returned 3.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $21M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $71M
- Release date
- Oct 5, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
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