Babylon (2022 film)

Babylon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Damien Chazelle
Written by	Damien Chazelle
Produced by	Marc Platt Matthew Plouffe Olivia Hamilton
Starring	Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Diego Calva Jean Smart Jovan Adepo Li Jun Li P. J. Byrne Lukas Haas Olivia Hamilton Max Minghella Rory Scovel Katherine Waterston Tobey Maguire
Cinematography	Linus Sandgren
Edited by	Tom Cross
Music by	Justin Hurwitz
Production companies	Paramount Pictures C2 Motion Picture Group Marc Platt Productions Wild Chickens Productions Organism Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 14, 2022 (2022-11-14) (Los Angeles) December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23) (United States)
Running time	189 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish
Budget	$78–80 million[2][3][4]
Box office	$63.4 million[5][6]

Babylon is a 2022 American epic historical black comedy drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It features an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P. J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, and Tobey Maguire. It chronicles the rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood's transition from silent to sound films in the late 1920s.

Chazelle began developing Babylon in July 2019, with Lionsgate Films as the frontrunner to acquire the project. It was announced that Paramount Pictures had acquired worldwide rights in November 2019. Much of the main cast joined the project between January 2020 and August 2021, and filming took place in Los Angeles from July to October 2021.

Babylon premiered at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles on November 14, 2022, and was released in the United States on December 23, 2022. It was met with a polarized response from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $63 million against a production budget of $78–80 million and losing Paramount $87 million. It received five nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, winning Best Original Score), three nominations at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, and three nominations at the 95th Academy Awards.