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8:05 pm - 01/17/2013

Django Unchained becomes Quentin Tarantino's highest grossing film




The Weinstein Company is pretty proud of Quentin Tarantino’s latest effort, Django Unchained. Aside from the two Golden Globe wins for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) and Best Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), and along with the five Oscar nominations the film received (including Best Picture), Django Unchained has officially become Tarantino’s highest grossing film to date (domestically). Have a look at The Weinstein Company’s official release after the jump.


New York, NY – January 17, 2013 – The Weinstein Company (TWC) is thrilled to announce that DJANGO UNCHAINED has just become Quentin Tarantino’s highest-grossing film to date in the domestic marketplace, with a cumulative gross nearing $130 Million. The movie, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, was released wide on Christmas Day 2012. Tarantino’s previous record was set by INGLORIOUS BASTERDS which grossed over $120.5 Million in the U.S.

Fresh off this weekend’s two Golden Globe® wins for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) and Best Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), and celebrating the movie’s five Oscar® nominations including Best Picture, DJANGO UNCHAINED is continuing to gather steam in the awards race, and continues to receive critical and popular acclaim. Some of the many supporters include the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, who released this statement, “ [DJANGO UNCHAINED] captures the cultural, physical and psychological pain heaped upon the lives of men and women of African descent-expressing in dramatic terms the existential nightmare endured by so many for so long. By this measure, the scar of violence, exploitation and subrogation made evident—and the focus of this film—is not just a picture of random violence, but portrays America at its lowest moment as a nation. The violence that we see portrayed in this drama might well renew our focus on the 256 years of racial violence that continues to be an indelible chapter in the history that is America.”

“Bob and I have had the most extraordinary filmmaker relationship with Quentin Tarantino and we are proud to be here for this incredible milestone. We also appreciate working with Amy Pascal, Michael Lynton, and the incredible Sony team on this project. They have been great partners internationally,” said Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company.


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What's your favorite Tarantino movie ?
ponpiri 17th-Jan-2013 07:49 pm (UTC)
You know... Django was the titular character but I'm not so sure that he was the lead.
robotdeer 17th-Jan-2013 07:55 pm (UTC)
That's a Tarantino thing. He was the main character. The main focus.
harlighquinn 17th-Jan-2013 07:55 pm (UTC)
^ I see the hate is strong with this one.

ponpiri 17th-Jan-2013 07:58 pm (UTC)
You need spectacles tbh
harlighquinn 17th-Jan-2013 08:09 pm (UTC)
Got Lasik.

Jamie was the lead, he was the first character you are introduced, and the last one depicted, their is no story without his character. Despite the fact that the styling of the "antagonist" might be what you remember most.
mrsdracula 17th-Jan-2013 07:59 pm (UTC)
Well, I guess that debatable ofc but he is presented as the lead to the general public - that should be enough in the eyes of many studio bosses to make it a guaranteed flop.
Even though it does have the white savior narrative in there....hmm
ponpiri 17th-Jan-2013 08:02 pm (UTC)
I think the white savior narrative is what's confusing me.
jungsoo 17th-Jan-2013 08:29 pm (UTC)
But the bad guys are white too, and also [spoiler] they kind of end up saving themselves at the end without any white person help. So idk, it doesn't really bother me tbh
lovelyeli 17th-Jan-2013 07:59 pm (UTC)
Myabe you feel like that because it was like Django/Schultz the entire time until the last 40 minutes or so?

idk Django felt like the lead to me, but i can see why people also feel like schultz was sort of a lead as well.
sumlikeithaute 17th-Jan-2013 08:18 pm (UTC)
lol pressed Leo's facial expressions ftw.
nene718 17th-Jan-2013 09:04 pm (UTC)
what he was def the lead
hormoaning 17th-Jan-2013 09:15 pm (UTC)
really? the entire movie is about him and hes in like every scene
megalixer 17th-Jan-2013 09:57 pm (UTC)
While I do think that putting Christoph in supporting was category fraud considering the amount of screentime he has, how big of a presence his character is, etc. Django is definitely the main lead. Django's the only character with an arc, whereas Schultz is a static mentor sort of character. It's like, I'd say that Obi-Wan or Dumbledore are main characters but they're not THE lead, that's Luke Skywalker or Harry. Similar dynamic here.

And then ofc, like all good mentor characters, Christoph's has to snuff it in order for the hero to definitively apply who they've been taught and come into their own as a hero.
ponpiri 17th-Jan-2013 10:44 pm (UTC)
This makes sense.
floetcist 19th-Jan-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
Still upset Leo...its going to be okay.
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