Chappie

2015 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
Movie film Q15209986
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Summary

Chappie is a film[1]. Chappie ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Neill Blomkamp[3]
  • Screenwriter: Neill Blomkamp[4], Terri Tatchell[5]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[6]
  • Genre: science fiction film[7], thriller film[8], comedy drama[9], action comedy film[10], dystopian film[11]
  • Cast member: Sharlto Copley[12], Hugh Jackman[13], Dev Patel[14], Sigourney Weaver[15], Jose Pablo Cantillo[16], Yolandi Visser[17], Watkin Tudor Jones[18], Brandon Auret[19], Anderson Cooper[20], Jason Cope[21], Kevin Otto[22], Robert Hobbs[23], Chan Marti[24], Anthony Bishop[25]
  • Producer: Simon Kinberg[26]
  • Production company: Genre Films[27], MRC[28]
  • Director of photography: Trent Opaloch[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 4.9/10[32], 32%[33], 41/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: South Africa[36], United States[37], Mexico[38]
  • Publication date: March 5, 2015[39], March 6, 2015[40]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[41], InterCom[42], Netflix[43]
  • Narrative location: Johannesburg[44]
  • Official website: http://www.chappie-movie.com[45]
  • Filming location: Ponte City Apartments[46], Johannesburg[47]
  • Film editor: Julian Clarke[48]
  • Title: Chappie[49]
  • MPA film rating: R[50]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[51]
  • Duration: 120 minutes[52]
  • Capital cost: 49,000,000 US dollars[53]
  • Box office: 102,069,268 US dollars[54]

Why It Matters

Chappie has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Chappie is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . ribaj.com. ribaj.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved . boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved . boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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