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‘Django Unchained’ Becomes Quentin Tarantino’s Highest-Grossing Movie

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January 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM

‘Django Unchained’ Becomes Quentin Tarantino’s Highest-Grossing Movie

The Weinstein Company said the pic is nearing $130 million domestic. That surpasses the total for Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds which grossed over $120.5 million in the U.S. Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, was released wide on Christmas Day 2012. It nabbed two Golden Globe wins for Best Supporting Actor (Waltz) and Best Screenplay (Tarantino), and received five Oscar noms, including Best Picture.

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