Trading Places
They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
- Director
- John Landis
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Tension
- Worldwide
- $90M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Song Score
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Trading Places returned 6.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $90M
- Release date
- Jun 7, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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