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Budget. $100 million [2] Box office. $406.9 million [2] The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on Jordan Belfort 's 2007 memoir of the same name.
Jordan Belfort. Stars. Leonardo DiCaprio. Jonah Hill. Margot Robbie. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +2. Add to Watchlist. Added by 1.1M users. 1.8K User reviews.
- Martin Scorsese
- 3 min
- Belfort’s inspiration to write the book 'The Wolf of Wall Street' came from an unlikely place. Following his arrest for stock-market manipulation, Belfort pled guilty, and in exchange for his cooperation with an ongoing FBI investigation, was sentenced to 22 months in prison.
- The trip from page to screen was rocky — and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' was almost a very different film. Following his release, a broke Belfort redoubled his efforts, receiving an advance from Random House for more than $1 million for his manuscript.
- One of the most well-known scenes wasn’t in the script. Early on in the film, DiCaprio has lunch with a successful stockbroker named Mark Hanna. While Hanna was a real figure, his unusual behavior during the meeting didn’t happen.
- The names of the real-life people who inspired the film were changed for the big screen. While Hanna’s real name made it into the film, others didn’t. Belfort’s first wife was named Denise, not Teresa.
Dec 23, 2023 · "Wolf of Wall Street" finished its initial run with $116.9 million domestically to go with an outsized $275.1 million internationally for a grand total of $392 million.
Dec 25, 2013 · Advertisement. Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" is abashed and shameless, exciting and exhausting, disgusting and illuminating; it's one of the most entertaining films ever made about loathsome men. Its star Leonard DiCaprio has compared it to the story of the Roman emperor Caligula, and he's not far off the mark.
May 10, 2019 · The Wolf of Wall Street is a fine film, and it was a lot of fun to make. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and was an enormous audience success, selling $450 million in worldwide ticket sales.
Dec 9, 2013 · In 2007, Leonardo DiCaprio and Warner Bros. won a bidding war for the rights to Jordan Belfort's memoir The Wolf of Wall Street, with Belfort making $1 million off the deal. Having worked on writing the film's script, Martin Scorsese was considered to direct the film but abandoned the project to work on Shutter Island (2010). He describes ...
