
Battle Royale

Could you kill your best friend?
Rating: 7.3 out of 10TMDB(4K votes)
Overview
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $30.6M worldwide, about 6.8 times its $4.5M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Battle Royale
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Sequels
Followed by Battle Royale II: Requiem
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Collection
Part of Battle Royale Collection
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Music
Music by Masamichi Amano
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Katsumi Yanagishima
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kenta FukasakuScreenplay
- Koushun TakamiNovel
- Original title
- バトル・ロワイアル
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 16, 2000
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Revenue
- $30.6M
- Countries
- Japan
- Collection
- Battle Royale Collection
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In the United States
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