United Kingdom Box Office for The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)

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The Personal History of David Copperfield
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $8,475,563Details
Worldwide Box Office $14,630,654Details
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Synopsis

A fresh take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History Of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$15,600,000
United Kingdom Releases: January 24th, 2020 (Wide)
Video Release: November 17th, 2020 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material and brief violence.
(Rating bulletin 2611 (Cert #52532), 1/8/2020)
Running Time: 119 minutes
Keywords: Comedy Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: FilmNation Entertainment, Film4, Wishmore Entertainment, Searchlight Pictures , Armando Iannucci Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

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The Personal History of David Copperfield Trailer

February 14th, 2020

Armando Iannucci’s comedy drama starring Dev Patel, now playing in the UK, opens Stateside on May 8 ... Full Movie Details.

A fresh take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History Of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/01/24 3 $1,992,089   656 $3,037   $1,992,089 1
2020/01/31 3 $1,368,411 -31% 672 $2,036   $4,959,223 2
2020/02/07 6 $684,573 -50% 519 $1,319   $6,569,604 3
2020/02/14 11 $308,387 -55% 301 $1,025   $7,469,352 4
2020/02/21 - $172,351 -44% 186 $927   $7,875,836 5
2020/02/28 - $75,355 -56% 139 $542   $7,949,669 6
2020/03/06 - $19,610 -74% 66 $297   $8,203,981 7
2020/03/13 - $8,591 -56% 40 $215   $7,886,102 8
2020/07/10 - $114   1 $114   $8,101,588 25
2020/08/07 - $738   5 $148   $8,354,381 29
2020/09/04 - $402   2 $201   $8,475,563 33

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/26/2020 $0 0 233 1400 $1,152,277 10/20/2022
Germany 9/24/2020 $72,359 104 110 214 $232,579 11/6/2020
India 12/11/2020 $0 0 20 20 $4,157 12/29/2020
Italy 10/16/2020 $205,959 0 6 11 $437,065 10/19/2022
Japan 1/22/2021 $0 0 21 98 $160,987 4/12/2021
Lithuania 9/18/2020 $6,633 13 13 30 $13,852 10/19/2022
Netherlands 9/18/2020 $44,309 60 64 328 $295,858 12/4/2020
New Zealand 7/16/2020 $0 0 106 492 $477,416 10/19/2022
North America 8/28/2020 $475,800 1,360 1,550 6,074 $1,876,298 11/7/2023
Portugal 9/18/2020 $17,918 49 49 123 $41,290 10/20/2020
Taiwan 10/30/2020 $17,356 43 43 43 $32,121 11/20/2020
Turkey 9/25/2020 $1,739 40 40 70 $7,979 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 1/24/2020 $1,992,089 656 672 2587 $8,475,563 9/9/2020
 
Rest of World $1,423,212
 
Worldwide Total$14,630,654 11/7/2023

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.

Lead Ensemble Members

Dev Patel    David Copperfield
Aneurin Barnard    James Steerforth
Peter Capaldi    Mr. Micawber
Morfydd Clark    Dora Spenlow/Clara Copperfield
Daisy May Cooper    Peggotty
Rosalind Eleazar    Agnes Wickfield
Hugh Laurie    Mr. Dick
Tilda Swinton    Betsey Trotwood
Ben Whishaw    Uriah Heep

Supporting Cast

Paul Whitehouse    Daniel Peggotty
Gwendoline Christie    Jane Murdstone
Anthony Welsh    Ham Peggotty
Benedict Wong    Mr. Wickfield
Aimée Kelly    Emily
Bronagh Gallagher    Mrs. Micawber
Darren Boyd    Murdstone
Nikki Amuka-Bird    Mrs. Steerforth
Peter Singh    Tungay
Jairaj Varsani    Young David
Anna Maxwell Martin    Mrs. Strong
Victor McGuire    Creakle

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Armando Iannucci    Director
Armando Iannucci    Screenwriter
Simon Blackwell    Screenwriter
Charles Dickens    Story based on the semi-autobiographical novel “David Copperfield” by
Kevin Loader    Producer
Armando Iannucci    Producer
Daniel Battsek    Executive Producer
Ollie Madden    Executive Producer
Simon Blackwell    Executive Producer
Ben Browning    Executive Producer
Glen Basner    Executive Producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos    Executive Producer
Celia Duval    Co-Producer
Zac Nicholson    Director of Photography
Mick Audsley    Editor
Peter Lambert    Editor
Cristina Casali    Production Designer
Suzie Harman    Costume Designer
Robert Worley    Costume Designer
Louise Seymour    Post-Production Supervisor
Christopher Willis    Composer
Sarah Crowe    Casting Director