The Gods Must Be Crazy

"The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop!"

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Ratings & Reviews

7.3/10

1,341 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$5.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$200.0M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$195.0M

ROI: +3900%

Budget Recovery4000% of budget

$0|Budget: $5.0M|Revenue: $200.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

43.4K

Daily Avg

724

7-Day Trend

+5%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

South Africa

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

BotswanaSouth AfricaKalahari Desert

Themes & Subjects

#sanpeople

Series & Franchise

Part of

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Timeline

This Movie

Sequel

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

1989

Extended Crew & Production

Film Editing

Jamie Uys

Music / Score

Q138049032

Production Companies

Q13804822420th Century Studios

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflixSter-Kinekor

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Gods Must Be Crazy

Available in 137 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	YouTube TV, Darkroom, Artiflix	Kanopy, Fawesome	Google Play Movies, YouTube	Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom	Artiflix	Tubi TV, Plex	Amazon Video	Amazon Video
CanadaPG	Disney Plus, Artiflix	Tubi TV, Plex	—	—
AustraliaPG	Disney Plus, Artiflix	Tubi TV, Plex	Amazon Video	Amazon Video
India	Artiflix	Plex	—	Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

CanadaPG

AustraliaPG

Germany12

FranceTP

BrazilL

Denmark15

FinlandK-12

+6 more countries

Production

Director

Jamie Uys

Writer

Jamie Uys

Production Companies

CAT FilmsMimosa Films

Cast

Marius Weyers

Andrew Steyn

Sandra Prinsloo

Kate Thompson

N!xau

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Louw Verwey

Sam Boga

Michael Thys

Mpudi

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Nic De Jager

Jack Hind

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Fanyana H. Sidumo

Card 1

No Image

Joe Seakatsie

Card 2

Brian O'Shaughnessy

Mr. Thompson

Ken Gampu

President

Paddy O'Byrne

Narrator (voice)

No Image

Graham Armitage

The Reverend (voice) (uncredited)

Tags & Keywords

airplaneafricatribebotswanagoddesertsoda bottlekalaharibushmantribalindependent film

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