<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $45 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $306.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy - drama film based on the stage - musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age . The film stars Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones and Richard Gere . Chicago centers on Velma Kelly (Zeta - Jones) and Roxie Hart (Zellweger), two murderesses who find themselves in jail together awaiting trial in 1920s Chicago . Velma, a vaudevillian, and Roxie, a housewife, fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows . Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture . The film was critically lauded, and was the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968 . </P> <P> In 1924, Roxie Hart sees star Velma Kelly perform ("Overture / All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater . Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager . After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, who were in bed together . </P>

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