Margin Call was released on 10/21/2011.
Buying on margin, taking a "margin" loan from the broker to help buy part of a stock purchaseMargin call, this happens when the broker demands full payment of your "margin" loan
Margin Call grossed $17,872,206 worldwide.
Margin Call grossed $5,353,586 in the domestic market.
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No Margin for Error - 1978 - TV was released on: USA: 30 April 1978
Margin for Murder - 1981 TV was released on: USA: 15 October 1981
If they had bought a very large amount of stock on margin (and many did) and the "margin call" came in shortly after that with the market collapse (and it happened to countless people) they were, in effect, instantly bankrupt.
"Shorting a call" is better known as writing a naked call. Basically, a naked call is a call on a position you don't hold, and it has unlimited risk--if you get exercised and the strike price plus the premium is lower than the stock price, you must make up the difference out of your margin account--or you'll receive a margin call from your brokerage. Many brokerages won't allow you to write a naked call, and the ones that will demand a very large margin account and a lot of experience in trading options.
Margin for Error - 1943 was released on: USA: 8 January 1943 (premiere) USA: 10 February 1943
Suspense - 1949 Margin for Safety 3-27 was released on: USA: 27 February 1951
Lassie - 1954 No Margin for Error 16-4 was released on: USA: 19 October 1969
Nurse - 1981 Margin for Error 2-1 was released on: USA: 11 November 1981