Title There Will Be Blood Overview When ruthless oil prospector, Daniel Plainview learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life. Tagline There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengeance. Genres Drama Keywords brother brother relationship, deaf-mute, american dream, fanatic, pipeline, petrol, father, step father, oil, money, killer, alcoholic Production Companies Miramax Films, Ghoulardi Film Company, Paramount Vantage Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 158 Release Year 2007
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 77 million USD