Slum Dog Millionaire
The film is about a teenage boy named Jamal Malik that lives in the slums of Mumbai India. He appears on the game show of India's Who wants to be a millionaire and is one question away from winning 20 million Indian Rupees. The show breaks for commercial before the question arrives. It will resume the next day. However Jamal gets arressted by police because they think he has cheated there claims is that how an a boy from the slums know so much. He explains to them he knows so much from living the in the slums and everything he has gone through this is shown through chapters of his life.
Marketing
Trailers, posters, website, Toronto Film Festival
Production
Budget: 15.1 million
Production companies: Financed by Celador Films and Film4
Other films produced by Celador films - Dirty Pretty things
Other films produced by Film4 - Trainspotting
Theatrical Distributors
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Internation Film Distributors Consultants
Distributors
USA
UK
Canada
Romania
Argentina
Greece
Chile
Czech Republic
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Hong Kong
Brazil
Finland
Japan
Singapore
Thailand
Israel
Italy
South Korea
Poland
Switzerland
Iceland
France
Middle East
Turkey
Germany
Scandinavia
Netherlands
Philippines
Hungary
Russia
Home Distributors
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Ablo (2009) (Romania) (all media)
Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (all media)
Bazuca Films (2009) (Chile) (all media)
Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
Castello Lopes Multimedia Portugal
Cinéart (2008) (Belgium) (all media)
Cinéart (2009) (Netherlands) (all media)
Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
EDKO Film (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
Europa Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
Fox STAR Studios (2009) (India) (all media)
GAGA (2009) (Japan) (all media)
Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (all media)
Home Box Office (HBO) (2009) (USA) (TV)
IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (all media)
Lev Films (2009) (Israel) (all media)
Lucky Red (2008) (Italy) (all media)
Mediasoft Films (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
Monolith Plus (2008) (Poland) (all media)
Monopole-Pathé (2008) (Switzerland) (all media)
Myndform (2009) (Iceland) (all media)
Pathé Distribution (2008) (UK) (all media)
Pathé (2009) (France) (all media)
Phars Film (2009) (Middle East) (all media)
Pinema (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
Prokino Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (all media)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Scandinavia) (all media)
Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (all media)
Vizion (2009) (Hungary) (all media)
Volga (2009) (Russia) (all media)
Box Office Taking
As of May 24th 2009 that day the film grossed 141,319,195 american dollars
As of April 5th 2009 that day the film grossed £31,283,374
14th January in Australia the film grossed 3,040,182
on March 9th in Italy the film grossed €4,980,140
26th of April 2009 the film grossed PHP 6,981,357
The film is about a teenage boy named Jamal Malik that lives in the slums of Mumbai India. He appears on the game show of India's Who wants to be a millionaire and is one question away from winning 20 million Indian Rupees. The show breaks for commercial before the question arrives. It will resume the next day. However Jamal gets arressted by police because they think he has cheated there claims is that how an a boy from the slums know so much. He explains to them he knows so much from living the in the slums and everything he has gone through this is shown through chapters of his life.
Marketing
Trailers, posters, website, Toronto Film Festival
Production
Budget: 15.1 million
Production companies: Financed by Celador Films and Film4
Other films produced by Celador films - Dirty Pretty things
Other films produced by Film4 - Trainspotting
Theatrical Distributors
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Internation Film Distributors Consultants
Distributors
USA
UK
Canada
Romania
Argentina
Greece
Chile
Czech Republic
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Hong Kong
Brazil
Finland
Japan
Singapore
Thailand
Israel
Italy
South Korea
Poland
Switzerland
Iceland
France
Middle East
Turkey
Germany
Scandinavia
Netherlands
Philippines
Hungary
Russia
Home Distributors
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Ablo (2009) (Romania) (all media)
Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (all media)
Bazuca Films (2009) (Chile) (all media)
Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
Castello Lopes Multimedia Portugal
Cinéart (2008) (Belgium) (all media)
Cinéart (2009) (Netherlands) (all media)
Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
EDKO Film (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
Europa Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
Fox STAR Studios (2009) (India) (all media)
GAGA (2009) (Japan) (all media)
Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (all media)
Home Box Office (HBO) (2009) (USA) (TV)
IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (all media)
Lev Films (2009) (Israel) (all media)
Lucky Red (2008) (Italy) (all media)
Mediasoft Films (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
Monolith Plus (2008) (Poland) (all media)
Monopole-Pathé (2008) (Switzerland) (all media)
Myndform (2009) (Iceland) (all media)
Pathé Distribution (2008) (UK) (all media)
Pathé (2009) (France) (all media)
Phars Film (2009) (Middle East) (all media)
Pinema (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
Prokino Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (all media)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Scandinavia) (all media)
Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (all media)
Vizion (2009) (Hungary) (all media)
Volga (2009) (Russia) (all media)
Box Office Taking
As of May 24th 2009 that day the film grossed 141,319,195 american dollars
As of April 5th 2009 that day the film grossed £31,283,374
14th January in Australia the film grossed 3,040,182
on March 9th in Italy the film grossed €4,980,140
26th of April 2009 the film grossed PHP 6,981,357
Film4 does not own any subsidary companies or is vertical integrated. That is the same with Celador Films.
