The Professor and the Madman (2019)
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| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | n/a | |
| International Box Office | $6,353,847 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $6,353,847 | |
| OpusData ID: 377420100 More info... | ||
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Synopsis
The true tale of madness, genius, and obsession about two remarkable men who created literary history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 by professor James Murray, who took on the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever compiled. By “crowd sourcing” the work; that is, by enlisting definitions from people all over the world, the dictionary could be compiled in mere decades instead of a century. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was a convicted murderer and being held at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Metrics
| Production Budget: | $25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget) |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | May 10th, 2019 (Limited) by Vertical Entertainment |
| International Releases: | March 15th, 2019 (Wide), released as Entre la razón y la locura (Mexico)
March 21st, 2019 (Wide), released as Il Professore e il Pazzo (Italy) March 22nd, 2019 (Wide) (Germany) March 29th, 2019 (Wide), released as Deli ve Dahi (Turkey) April 19th, 2019 (Wide), released as Profesorius ir pamišėlis (Lithuania) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | May 10th, 2019 by Vertical Entertainment |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| Plot point: | Mental Illness |
| Time period setting: | 1800s |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Voltage Pictures, Fabrica de Cine, Definition Films, 22h22, Zik Zak Filmworks, Caviar, Fastnet Films |
| Production Countries: | Ireland, France, United States, Iceland |
| Languages: | English |
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 | 5/10/2019 | $27,938 | 33 | 33 | 33 | $56,114 | 7/22/2019 | |||
| Australia | 11/1/2019 | $548 | 9 | 104 | 454 | $287,662 | 9/15/2020 | |||
| Brazil | 4/19/2019 | $135,612 | 74 | 186 | 341 | $347,428 | 5/18/2019 | |||
| China | 12/27/2019 | $166,145 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $390,000 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| Germany | 3/22/2019 | $0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | $1,548,283 | 5/24/2019 | |||
| Italy | 3/21/2019 | $455,630 | 0 | 9 | 41 | $1,594,326 | 8/31/2019 | |||
| Lithuania | 4/19/2019 | $1,836 | 18 | 18 | 20 | $3,255 | 4/30/2019 | |||
| Mexico | 3/15/2019 | $114,494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $114,494 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| Netherlands | 7/12/2019 | $45,757 | 32 | 32 | 88 | $122,320 | 7/30/2019 | |||
| New Zealand | 2/20/2020 | $22,577 | 54 | 54 | 207 | $79,865 | 10/19/2022 | |||
| Portugal | 5/2/2019 | $52,514 | 42 | 42 | 132 | $175,805 | 6/18/2019 | |||
| Russia (CIS) | 4/25/2019 | $367,137 | 393 | 393 | 1,228 | $927,240 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| South Korea | 6/2/2021 | $3,063 | 2 | 282 | 354 | $133,739 | 9/17/2021 | |||
| Turkey | 3/29/2019 | $74,802 | 163 | 163 | 497 | $331,760 | 6/6/2019 | |||
| Rest of World | $241,556 | |||||||||
| International Total | $6,353,847 | 4/4/2026 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
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 tale of madness, genius, and obsession about two remarkable men who created literary history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 by professor James Murray, who took on the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever compiled. By “crowd sourcing” the work; that is, by enlisting definitions from people all over the world, the dictionary could be compiled in mere decades instead of a century. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was a convicted murderer and being held at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Metrics
| Production Budget: | $25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget) |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | May 10th, 2019 (Limited) by Vertical Entertainment |
| International Releases: | March 15th, 2019 (Wide), released as Entre la razón y la locura (Mexico)
March 21st, 2019 (Wide), released as Il Professore e il Pazzo (Italy) March 22nd, 2019 (Wide) (Germany) March 29th, 2019 (Wide), released as Deli ve Dahi (Turkey) April 19th, 2019 (Wide), released as Profesorius ir pamišėlis (Lithuania) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | May 10th, 2019 by Vertical Entertainment |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| Plot point: | Mental Illness |
| Time period setting: | 1800s |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Voltage Pictures, Fabrica de Cine, Definition Films, 22h22, Zik Zak Filmworks, Caviar, Fastnet Films |
| Production Countries: | Ireland, France, United States, Iceland |
| Languages: | English |
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 | 5/10/2019 | $27,938 | 33 | 33 | 33 | $56,114 | 7/22/2019 | |||
| Australia | 11/1/2019 | $548 | 9 | 104 | 454 | $287,662 | 9/15/2020 | |||
| Brazil | 4/19/2019 | $135,612 | 74 | 186 | 341 | $347,428 | 5/18/2019 | |||
| China | 12/27/2019 | $166,145 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $390,000 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| Germany | 3/22/2019 | $0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | $1,548,283 | 5/24/2019 | |||
| Italy | 3/21/2019 | $455,630 | 0 | 9 | 41 | $1,594,326 | 8/31/2019 | |||
| Lithuania | 4/19/2019 | $1,836 | 18 | 18 | 20 | $3,255 | 4/30/2019 | |||
| Mexico | 3/15/2019 | $114,494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $114,494 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| Netherlands | 7/12/2019 | $45,757 | 32 | 32 | 88 | $122,320 | 7/30/2019 | |||
| New Zealand | 2/20/2020 | $22,577 | 54 | 54 | 207 | $79,865 | 10/19/2022 | |||
| Portugal | 5/2/2019 | $52,514 | 42 | 42 | 132 | $175,805 | 6/18/2019 | |||
| Russia (CIS) | 4/25/2019 | $367,137 | 393 | 393 | 1,228 | $927,240 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| South Korea | 6/2/2021 | $3,063 | 2 | 282 | 354 | $133,739 | 9/17/2021 | |||
| Turkey | 3/29/2019 | $74,802 | 163 | 163 | 497 | $331,760 | 6/6/2019 | |||
| Rest of World | $241,556 | |||||||||
| International Total | $6,353,847 | 4/4/2026 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
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.