DJANGO UNCHAINED Becomes Tarantino's Highest-Grossing Film

Deadline reports that Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster Django Unchained has become the director's highest grossing film of his career. According to The Weinstein Company the movie has brought in almost $130 million at the domestic box office. The earnings have surpassed Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds which grossed over $120.5 million in the U.S.

Django Unchained, stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. It opened on Christmas Day 2012 and recently earned two Golden Globe wins for Best Supporting Actor (Waltz) and Best Screenplay (Tarantino). The picture also received five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Quenin Tarantino's Django Unchained stars Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz).

Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles - dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.

Django and Schultz's search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of "Candyland," an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between Sacrifice and survival.