<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $30 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $446.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy - drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle . It stars Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and Emma Stone as an aspiring actress, who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles while pursuing their dreams . The film's title refers simultaneously to the city of Los Angeles and to the idiom for being out of touch with reality . </P> <P> Chazelle wrote the screenplay in 2010 but did not find a studio willing to finance the production without changes to his design . Following the success of his 2014 film Whiplash, the project was picked up by Summit Entertainment . Filming took place from August to September 2015 in Los Angeles . La La Land premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 9, 2016 . It grossed $446 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million . </P>

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