The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

The Man Who Knew Infinity poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $3,877,922Details
International Box Office $8,504,200Details
Worldwide Box Office $12,382,122
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $411,469
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $119,266
Total $530,735
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Further financial details...

Synopsis

The true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy, and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$80,325 (2.1% of total gross)
Legs:7.61 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:31.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/348 max. theaters, 4.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,361,847

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 29th, 2016 (Limited) by IFC Films
International Releases: March 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
April 8th, 2016 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
May 6th, 2016 (Wide), released as Man Who Knew Infinity, The (New Zealand)
May 6th, 2016 (Wide) (Turkey)
May 13th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: August 23rd, 2016 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2416 (Cert #49802), 3/16/2016)
Running Time: 108 minutes
Geographical setting: India
Plot point: Academics, Biography, Culture Clash, Mathematics, Medical and Hospitals, Poverty
Social setting: College, World War I
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1910s
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Edward R. Pressman, Animus Films, Cayenne Pepper Productions, Xeitgeist Entertainment Group, Marcys Holdings
Production Countries: India, United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2016 34 $80,325   6 $13,388   $80,325 1
May 6, 2016 21 $220,373 +174% 40 $5,509   $328,368 2
May 13, 2016 14 $509,431 +131% 192 $2,653   $917,806 3
May 20, 2016 16 $495,694 -3% 270 $1,836   $1,627,021 4
May 27, 2016 15 $432,059 -13% 288 $1,500   $2,294,817 5
Jun 3, 2016 18 $276,638 -36% 195 $1,419   $2,932,277 6
Jun 10, 2016 23 $167,031 -40% 115 $1,452   $3,188,871 7
Jun 17, 2016 24 $127,982 -23% 86 $1,488   $3,397,702 8
Jun 24, 2016 31 $81,786 -36% 66 $1,239   $3,549,835 9
Jul 1, 2016 36 $64,091 -22% 61 $1,051   $3,661,394 10
Jul 8, 2016 44 $46,109 -28% 39 $1,182   $3,767,877 11
Jul 15, 2016 47 $27,765 -40% 28 $992   $3,819,091 12
Jul 22, 2016 56 $13,869 -50% 15 $925   $3,847,794 13
Jul 29, 2016 69 $3,768 -73% 6 $628   $3,859,765 14
Aug 12, 2016 94 $562   1 $562   $3,871,878 16
Aug 19, 2016 98 $462 -18% 1 $462   $3,872,340 17
Sep 2, 2016 95 $823   1 $823   $3,873,163 19
Sep 16, 2016 105 $1,341   1 $1,341   $3,875,054 21
Sep 23, 2016 113 $806 -40% 2 $403   $3,875,860 22
Sep 30, 2016 109 $944 +17% 1 $944   $3,877,336 23
Oct 7, 2016 113 $364 -61% 1 $364   $3,877,922 24

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 13, 2016 13 $133,502     194 $688   $541,877 15
May 14, 2016 14 $228,497 +71%   194 $1,178   $770,374 16
May 15, 2016 13 $147,432 -35%   194 $760   $917,806 17
May 16, 2016 15 $46,745 -68%   194 $241   $964,551 18
May 17, 2016 - $60,747 +30%   194 $313   $1,025,298 19
May 18, 2016 13 $53,867 -11%   194 $278   $1,079,165 20
May 19, 2016 12 $52,162 -3%   194 $269   $1,131,327 21
May 20, 2016 - $129,769 +149% -3% 271 $479   $1,261,096 22
May 21, 2016 15 $227,630 +75% n/c 348 $654   $1,488,726 23
May 22, 2016 15 $138,295 -39% -6% 24 $5,762   $1,627,021 24
Oct 13, 2016 - $364     1 $364   $3,877,922 168

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2016 36 $107,995   6 $17,999   $107,995 1
May 6, 2016 21 $300,380 +178% 40 $7,510   $408,375 2
May 13, 2016 14 $722,952 +141% 194 $3,727   $1,131,327 3
May 20, 2016 16 $731,431 +1% 271 $2,699   $1,862,758 4
May 27, 2016 14 $792,981 +8% 286 $2,773   $2,655,739 5
Jun 3, 2016 19 $366,101 -54% 195 $1,877   $3,021,840 6
Jun 10, 2016 25 $247,880 -32% 115 $2,155   $3,269,720 7
Jun 17, 2016 25 $198,329 -20% 88 $2,254   $3,468,049 8
Jun 24, 2016 31 $129,254 -35% 66 $1,958   $3,597,303 9
Jul 1, 2016 37 $120,465 -7% 58 $2,077   $3,717,768 10
Jul 8, 2016 46 $69,558 -42% 38 $1,830   $3,790,931 11
Jul 15, 2016 51 $42,599 -39% 28 $1,521   $3,833,925 12
Jul 22, 2016 63 $18,673 -56% 15 $1,245   $3,852,598 13
Jul 29, 2016 67 $10,797 -42% 6 $1,800   $3,866,794 14
Aug 5, 2016 79 $4,522 -58% 4 $1,131   $3,871,316 15
Aug 12, 2016 104 $562 -88% 1 $562   $3,871,878 16
Sep 2, 2016 102 $1,008   1 $1,008   $3,873,348 19
Sep 9, 2016 122 $365 -64% 1 $365   $3,873,713 20
Sep 16, 2016 115 $1,341 +267% 1 $1,341   $3,875,054 21
Sep 23, 2016 116 $1,338 n/c 2 $669   $3,876,392 22
Sep 30, 2016 122 $1,166 -13% 1 $1,166   $3,877,558 23
Oct 7, 2016 124 $364 -69% 1 $364   $3,877,922 24

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/23/2016 $45,066 30 30 39 $67,590 11/30/2018
Australia 3/11/2016 $1,439 1 89 757 $1,132,008 8/15/2016
Brazil 9/23/2016 $0 0 22 22 $126,135 11/16/2018
Italy 6/10/2016 $355,305 0 15 53 $1,200,726 11/13/2018
Japan 10/21/2016 $46,109 0 0 0 $333,888 8/20/2018
Netherlands 7/8/2016 $36,286 32 32 193 $262,189 8/25/2016
New Zealand 5/6/2016 $33,780 31 39 275 $203,407 7/25/2016
Portugal 7/15/2016 $26,891 20 24 80 $133,960 9/8/2016
Slovenia 5/27/2016 $1,311 6 10 22 $6,886 6/15/2016
South Korea 11/2/2016 $123,511 309 309 339 $218,175 12/1/2016
Spain 5/13/2016 $143,462 98 116 424 $503,862 11/17/2018
Turkey 5/6/2016 $19,476 21 21 74 $110,730 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 4/8/2016 $208,731 147 147 437 $731,349 6/29/2016
  
Rest of World $3,473,295
  
International Total $8,504,200 2/26/2019

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Dev Patel    Srinivasa Ramanujan
Jeremy Irons    GH Hardy

Supporting

Devika Bhise    Janaki
Stephen Fry    Sir Francis Spring
Toby Jones    Littlewood
Kevin McNally    Major McMahon
Shazad Latif    Chandra Mahalanobis
Jeremy Northam    Bertrand Russell
Padraic Delaney    Beglan
Enzo Cilenti    Doctor

Production and Technical Credits

Matthew Brown*    Director
Matthew Brown*    Screenwriter
Robert Kanigel    Based on the book by
Edward R. Pressman    Producer
Jim Young    Producer
Joe Thomas    Producer
Matt Brown    Producer
Sofia Sondervan    Producer
Jon Katz    Producer
Swati Bhise    Executive Producer
Joseph N. Cohen    Executive Producer
Gary Ellis    Executive Producer
Pamela Godfrey    Executive Producer
Phil Hunt    Executive Producer
Mark Montgomery    Executive Producer
Manraj S. Sekhon    Executive Producer
Shail Shah    Executive Producer
Tristine Skyler    Executive Producer
Min Li Tan    Executive Producer
Richard Toussaint    Executive Producer
Huw Penallt Jones    Co-Producer
Robert Kanigel    Co-Producer
Larry Smith    Director of Photography
J.C. Bond    Editor
Luciana Arrighi    Production Designer
Ann Maskrey    Costume Designer
Coby Brown    Composer
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

The true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy, and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$80,325 (2.1% of total gross)
Legs:7.61 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:31.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/348 max. theaters, 4.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,361,847

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 29th, 2016 (Limited) by IFC Films
International Releases: March 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
April 8th, 2016 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
May 6th, 2016 (Wide), released as Man Who Knew Infinity, The (New Zealand)
May 6th, 2016 (Wide) (Turkey)
May 13th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: August 23rd, 2016 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2416 (Cert #49802), 3/16/2016)
Running Time: 108 minutes
Geographical setting: India
Plot point: Academics, Biography, Culture Clash, Mathematics, Medical and Hospitals, Poverty
Social setting: College, World War I
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1910s
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Edward R. Pressman, Animus Films, Cayenne Pepper Productions, Xeitgeist Entertainment Group, Marcys Holdings
Production Countries: India, United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2016 34 $80,325   6 $13,388   $80,325 1
May 6, 2016 21 $220,373 +174% 40 $5,509   $328,368 2
May 13, 2016 14 $509,431 +131% 192 $2,653   $917,806 3
May 20, 2016 16 $495,694 -3% 270 $1,836   $1,627,021 4
May 27, 2016 15 $432,059 -13% 288 $1,500   $2,294,817 5
Jun 3, 2016 18 $276,638 -36% 195 $1,419   $2,932,277 6
Jun 10, 2016 23 $167,031 -40% 115 $1,452   $3,188,871 7
Jun 17, 2016 24 $127,982 -23% 86 $1,488   $3,397,702 8
Jun 24, 2016 31 $81,786 -36% 66 $1,239   $3,549,835 9
Jul 1, 2016 36 $64,091 -22% 61 $1,051   $3,661,394 10
Jul 8, 2016 44 $46,109 -28% 39 $1,182   $3,767,877 11
Jul 15, 2016 47 $27,765 -40% 28 $992   $3,819,091 12
Jul 22, 2016 56 $13,869 -50% 15 $925   $3,847,794 13
Jul 29, 2016 69 $3,768 -73% 6 $628   $3,859,765 14
Aug 12, 2016 94 $562   1 $562   $3,871,878 16
Aug 19, 2016 98 $462 -18% 1 $462   $3,872,340 17
Sep 2, 2016 95 $823   1 $823   $3,873,163 19
Sep 16, 2016 105 $1,341   1 $1,341   $3,875,054 21
Sep 23, 2016 113 $806 -40% 2 $403   $3,875,860 22
Sep 30, 2016 109 $944 +17% 1 $944   $3,877,336 23
Oct 7, 2016 113 $364 -61% 1 $364   $3,877,922 24

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 13, 2016 13 $133,502     194 $688   $541,877 15
May 14, 2016 14 $228,497 +71%   194 $1,178   $770,374 16
May 15, 2016 13 $147,432 -35%   194 $760   $917,806 17
May 16, 2016 15 $46,745 -68%   194 $241   $964,551 18
May 17, 2016 - $60,747 +30%   194 $313   $1,025,298 19
May 18, 2016 13 $53,867 -11%   194 $278   $1,079,165 20
May 19, 2016 12 $52,162 -3%   194 $269   $1,131,327 21
May 20, 2016 - $129,769 +149% -3% 271 $479   $1,261,096 22
May 21, 2016 15 $227,630 +75% n/c 348 $654   $1,488,726 23
May 22, 2016 15 $138,295 -39% -6% 24 $5,762   $1,627,021 24
Oct 13, 2016 - $364     1 $364   $3,877,922 168

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2016 36 $107,995   6 $17,999   $107,995 1
May 6, 2016 21 $300,380 +178% 40 $7,510   $408,375 2
May 13, 2016 14 $722,952 +141% 194 $3,727   $1,131,327 3
May 20, 2016 16 $731,431 +1% 271 $2,699   $1,862,758 4
May 27, 2016 14 $792,981 +8% 286 $2,773   $2,655,739 5
Jun 3, 2016 19 $366,101 -54% 195 $1,877   $3,021,840 6
Jun 10, 2016 25 $247,880 -32% 115 $2,155   $3,269,720 7
Jun 17, 2016 25 $198,329 -20% 88 $2,254   $3,468,049 8
Jun 24, 2016 31 $129,254 -35% 66 $1,958   $3,597,303 9
Jul 1, 2016 37 $120,465 -7% 58 $2,077   $3,717,768 10
Jul 8, 2016 46 $69,558 -42% 38 $1,830   $3,790,931 11
Jul 15, 2016 51 $42,599 -39% 28 $1,521   $3,833,925 12
Jul 22, 2016 63 $18,673 -56% 15 $1,245   $3,852,598 13
Jul 29, 2016 67 $10,797 -42% 6 $1,800   $3,866,794 14
Aug 5, 2016 79 $4,522 -58% 4 $1,131   $3,871,316 15
Aug 12, 2016 104 $562 -88% 1 $562   $3,871,878 16
Sep 2, 2016 102 $1,008   1 $1,008   $3,873,348 19
Sep 9, 2016 122 $365 -64% 1 $365   $3,873,713 20
Sep 16, 2016 115 $1,341 +267% 1 $1,341   $3,875,054 21
Sep 23, 2016 116 $1,338 n/c 2 $669   $3,876,392 22
Sep 30, 2016 122 $1,166 -13% 1 $1,166   $3,877,558 23
Oct 7, 2016 124 $364 -69% 1 $364   $3,877,922 24

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/23/2016 $45,066 30 30 39 $67,590 11/30/2018
Australia 3/11/2016 $1,439 1 89 757 $1,132,008 8/15/2016
Brazil 9/23/2016 $0 0 22 22 $126,135 11/16/2018
Italy 6/10/2016 $355,305 0 15 53 $1,200,726 11/13/2018
Japan 10/21/2016 $46,109 0 0 0 $333,888 8/20/2018
Netherlands 7/8/2016 $36,286 32 32 193 $262,189 8/25/2016
New Zealand 5/6/2016 $33,780 31 39 275 $203,407 7/25/2016
Portugal 7/15/2016 $26,891 20 24 80 $133,960 9/8/2016
Slovenia 5/27/2016 $1,311 6 10 22 $6,886 6/15/2016
South Korea 11/2/2016 $123,511 309 309 339 $218,175 12/1/2016
Spain 5/13/2016 $143,462 98 116 424 $503,862 11/17/2018
Turkey 5/6/2016 $19,476 21 21 74 $110,730 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 4/8/2016 $208,731 147 147 437 $731,349 6/29/2016
  
Rest of World $3,473,295
  
International Total $8,504,200 2/26/2019

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Dev Patel    Srinivasa Ramanujan
Jeremy Irons    GH Hardy

Supporting

Devika Bhise    Janaki
Stephen Fry    Sir Francis Spring
Toby Jones    Littlewood
Kevin McNally    Major McMahon
Shazad Latif    Chandra Mahalanobis
Jeremy Northam    Bertrand Russell
Padraic Delaney    Beglan
Enzo Cilenti    Doctor

Production and Technical Credits

Matthew Brown*    Director
Matthew Brown*    Screenwriter
Robert Kanigel    Based on the book by
Edward R. Pressman    Producer
Jim Young    Producer
Joe Thomas    Producer
Matt Brown    Producer
Sofia Sondervan    Producer
Jon Katz    Producer
Swati Bhise    Executive Producer
Joseph N. Cohen    Executive Producer
Gary Ellis    Executive Producer
Pamela Godfrey    Executive Producer
Phil Hunt    Executive Producer
Mark Montgomery    Executive Producer
Manraj S. Sekhon    Executive Producer
Shail Shah    Executive Producer
Tristine Skyler    Executive Producer
Min Li Tan    Executive Producer
Richard Toussaint    Executive Producer
Huw Penallt Jones    Co-Producer
Robert Kanigel    Co-Producer
Larry Smith    Director of Photography
J.C. Bond    Editor
Luciana Arrighi    Production Designer
Ann Maskrey    Costume Designer
Coby Brown    Composer
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.