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O Brother, Where Art Thou?(2000)
Released
2000 · FILM

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Three desperate escapees race against a ruthless sheriff and an impending flood to dig up a hidden fortune, only to discover that the true treasure may lie in the haunting secrets of the strangers they meet along the way.

“They have a plan, but not a clue.”

Directed by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written by
Homer, Ethan Coen
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
107 min
AdventureComedyCrime
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Set in the Deep South during the 1930s, the film follows three escaped convicts as they search for a hidden treasure while being pursued by a determined lawman.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 507+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ethan CoenShot by Roger DeakinsScored by T Bone BurnettDesigned by Dennis GassnerSound by Michael BarryCostumes by Mary ZophresStunts by Jery HewittVFX by Julian Levi

Box Office

2000 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$71.9M

Budget$26.0M
Worldwide gross$71.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $45.5M — 63% of worldwide · International: $26.4M (37%)

Opening weekend: $332K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $332K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 5 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?de
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi Odysseede
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi-Odysseede
  • O'Brotherfr
  • Fratello, dove sei?it
  • (English)O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • (Bulgarian)О, братко, къде си?
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • FranceMay 13, 2000
  • United KingdomAug 1, 2000
  • IrelandSep 15, 2000

Production & Distribution

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Touchstone PicturesUniversal PicturesStudioCanal

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