Inception
“Your mind is the scene of the crime.”
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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Cast
52 people
Leonardo DiCaprio
Dom Cobb
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Ken Watanabe
Saito
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Tom Hardy
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Elliot Page
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The Umbrella Academy
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Dileep Rao
Yusuf
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Avatar
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Cillian Murphy
Robert Fischer, Jr.
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Oppenheimer
Tom Berenger
Peter Browning
Known for
Platoon
Training Day
Marion Cotillard
Mal Cobb
Known for
Contagion
Assassin's Creed
Pete Postlethwaite
Maurice Fischer
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Usual Suspects
Michael Caine
Stephen Miles
Known for
Interstellar
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Lukas Haas
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Christopher Nolan Director · Hans Zimmer Composer Wally Pfister Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $839M · Budget $160M · United States release July 16, 2010
Box office
Budget
$160,000,000
Worldwide gross
$839,030,630
Gross vs. budget
5.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Legendary Pictures
Production
Syncopy
Production
Legendary Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Japanese · Swahili
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 8, 2010
Premiere · London
United States · July 16, 2010
Theatrical
United States · December 7, 2010
Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
United States
July 13, 2010 · Premiere · Hollywood, California
August 21, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Argentina
July 26, 2010 · Premiere · Buenos Aires
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Armenia
August 10, 2010 · Theatrical
Australia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Austria
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Bolivia
August 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Bosnia & Herzegovina
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
December 9, 2010 · Physical
Bulgaria
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Chile
August 12, 2010 · Theatrical
China
September 1, 2010 · Theatrical
August 28, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-Release
November 15, 2026 · Premiere · Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival (IMAX)
Colombia
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Croatia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Ecuador
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Egypt
July 17, 2010 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
Finland
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
France
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical
April 7, 2013 · TV · TF1
Georgia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Germany
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
December 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Ghana
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
August 24, 2010 · Theatrical
August 13, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hong Kong SAR China
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
December 7, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
August 13, 2020 · Theatrical · 10th Anniversary
Iceland
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
India
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Indonesia
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Israel
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
September 24, 2010 · Theatrical
Japan
July 17, 2010 · Limited theatrical
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
December 10, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Kuwait
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Latvia
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Lebanon
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Lithuania
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
August 14, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Malaysia
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Malta
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
August 27, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release
Netherlands
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
December 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD
August 15, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
March 4, 2013 · TV · SBS 6
New Zealand
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Nigeria
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Norway
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Pakistan
September 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Panama
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Peru
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
November 5, 2026 · Digital · Netflix
Poland
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Romania
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Russia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
December 7, 2010 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
August 13, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Serbia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Singapore
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
July 30, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Slovakia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
August 12, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Slovenia
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
South Africa
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
March 14, 2025 · Limited theatrical
South Korea
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical
January 29, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
August 14, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
December 8, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
Switzerland
July 21, 2010 · Theatrical · French
July 29, 2010 · Theatrical · German
September 24, 2010 · Theatrical · Italian
Syria
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Taiwan
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
August 12, 2020 · Theatrical · 10th Anniversary Edition
Thailand
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Türkiye
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
August 14, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Ukraine
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
August 13, 2020 · Digital
United Kingdom
July 16, 2010 · Theatrical
August 12, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Uruguay
July 30, 2010 · Theatrical
September 3, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Uzbekistan
July 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Venezuela
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Vietnam
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
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