The Big Short (movie)

The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Adam McKay. It was written by McKay and Charles Randolph. It is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis that shows how the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was started by the United States housing bubble.^[4] The movie stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, and Marisa Tomei.

The Big Short
Directed by	Adam McKay
Screenplay by	Charles Randolph Adam McKay
Based on	The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Produced by	Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Arnon Milchan Brad Pitt
Starring	Christian Bale Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Brad Pitt
Narrated by	Ryan Gosling
Cinematography	Barry Ackroyd
Edited by	Hank Corwin
Music by	Nicholas Britell
Production companies	Regency Enterprises Plan B Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) (AFI Fest) December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11) (United States)
Running time	130 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million[2]
Box office	$133.4 million[3]

The movie had a limited release in the United States on December 11, 2015. It had a wide release on December 23 by Paramount Pictures.^[5][6]

Release

On September 22, 2015, Paramount set the movie for a limited release on December 11, 2015 and a wide release on December 23, 2015.^[7][8]