Lion
“The search begins”
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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Cast
36 people
Dev Patel
Saroo Brierley
Known for
Slumdog Millionaire
Chappie
Rooney Mara
Lucy
Known for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Side Effects
David Wenham
John Brierley
Known for
Marvel's Iron Fist
300
Nicole Kidman
Sue Brierley
Known for
The Others
Eyes Wide Shut
Sunny Pawar
Young Saroo
Known for
Sacred Games
The Tiger's Nest
Abhishek Bharate
Guddu
Also in
Love Sonia
Unaad
Priyanka Bose
Kamla Munshi
Known for
The Wheel of Time
Mortal
Divian Ladwa
Mantosh Brierley
Known for
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Detectorists
Deepti Naval
Saroj Sood
Known for
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
NH10
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Noor
Known for
Anna Karenina
Parched
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Rama
Known for
Sacred Games
The Lunchbox
Keshav Jadhav
Young Mantosh
No other roles listed
Garth Davis Director · Luke Davies Screenplay Saroo Brierley Author
Worldwide gross $140M · Budget $12M · United States release November 25, 2016
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$140,312,928
Gross vs. budget
11.7×
Production
The Weinstein Company
Production · Studio
See-Saw Films
Production
Screen Australia
Production
Aquarius Films
Production
Sunstar Entertainment
Production
Australia · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
A Long Way Home
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Bangla · English · Hindi
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 2016
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 25, 2016
Limited theatrical
Australia · January 19, 2017
Theatrical
United States · March 21, 2017
Physical
United States
September 30, 2016 · Premiere · San Diego Film Festival, Special Screening
January 6, 2017 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Austria
February 24, 2017 · Digital
Brazil
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Canada
December 9, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Toronto
Chile
February 23, 2017 · Theatrical
China
June 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Croatia
January 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Cyprus
January 26, 2017 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Ecuador
August 14, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Egypt
December 16, 2016 · Theatrical
April 20, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Estonia
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Finland
February 3, 2017 · Theatrical
France
October 10, 2016 · Premiere · La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
February 22, 2017 · Theatrical
Germany
February 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
May 26, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Hong Kong SAR China
February 8, 2017 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Iceland
November 25, 2016 · Theatrical
India
February 24, 2017 · Theatrical
Indonesia
July 5, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Iran
April 22, 2017 · Premiere · Fajr International Film Festival
Ireland
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Israel
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
December 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
March 4, 2017 · Premiere · Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
March 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Kuwait
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Latvia
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 30, 2016 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
January 12, 2017 · Theatrical
July 5, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
December 24, 2018 · TV · NPO 3
New Zealand
January 19, 2017 · Theatrical
Norway
January 6, 2017 · Theatrical
Peru
February 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Poland
November 13, 2016 · Premiere · Camerimage Film Festival
December 2, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 9, 2016 · Premiere · Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival
December 8, 2016 · Theatrical
October 21, 2019 · TV · RTP 1
Romania
January 20, 2017 · Digital
Russia
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 24, 2016 · Theatrical
South Africa
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
January 27, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 11, 2016 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
December 25, 2016 · Theatrical
June 12, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Switzerland
September 23, 2016 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical · German
February 22, 2017 · Theatrical · French
February 23, 2017 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
March 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Thailand
January 5, 2017 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Ukraine
March 2, 2017 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 12, 2016 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Uruguay
January 26, 2017 · Theatrical
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