The Big Short

"This is a true story."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.8/10

532,875 votes

89/100

Fresh

81/100

Metascore

7.4/10

9,729 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 1 win•📋 4 nominations

Won

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Nominated

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Supporting Actor

Best Film Editing

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$28.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$133.3M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$70,259,870

United States

Profit

+$105.3M

ROI: +376%

Budget Recovery476% of budget

$0|Budget: $28.0M|Revenue: $133.3M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

235.2K

Daily Avg

3.9K

7-Day Trend

-5%

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The Big Short

written work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

New York City

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Story Setting

Set In

New York CityDevon

Themes & Subjects

#unitedstateshousingbubble#2007–2008financialcrisis

Characters

Richard Thaler

Joel Greenblatt

Margot Robbie

Anthony Bourdain

Selena Gomez

Michael Burry

Steve Eisman

Greg Lippmann

Jamie Mai

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Film Editing

Hank Corwin

Music / Score

Nicholas Britell

Production Design

Q135206881

Production Companies

Plan B EntertainmentRegency EnterprisesParamount Pictures

Distributors

Paramount PicturesUIP-DunafilmDisney+Netflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Big Short

Available in 97 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	Paramount Plus Essential	Kanopy, Hoopla	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, JustWatch TV, Plex	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	Disney Plus	Plex	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube, JustWatch TV	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaR	Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	Disney Plus, Stan	SBS On Demand	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	JioHotstar	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

CanadaR

AustraliaM

Germany6

FranceTP

Belgium18

Brazil14

+21 more countries

Production

Director

Adam McKay

Writers

Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, Michael Lewis

Production Companies

Paramount PicturesRegency EnterprisesPlan B Entertainment

Cast

Steve Carell

Mark Baum

Christian Bale

Michael Burry

Ryan Gosling

Jared Vennett

Brad Pitt

Ben Rickert

Marisa Tomei

Cynthia Baum

Melissa Leo

Georgia Hale

Hamish Linklater

Porter Collins

John Magaro

Charlie Geller

Rafe Spall

Danny Moses

Jeremy Strong

Vinny Daniel

Finn Wittrock

Jamie Shipley

Tracy Letts

Lawrence Fields

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookbankfraudwall streetbiographybased on true storyfinancesanimated scenehistorical fictionloanfinancial crisisreal estatemortgagefactual

External Links

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