The Professor and the Madman (2019)

The Professor and the Madman
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office n/a
International Box Office $6,353,847Details
Worldwide Box Office $6,353,847
Further financial details...

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)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time International Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,905 $6,353,847
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200) 9,155 $6,353,847

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu
Netflix:Netflix

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) (Brazil)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 10th, 2019 by Vertical Entertainment
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Just Mercy
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Keywords: 1800s, Mental Illness
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: France, Iceland, Ireland, United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
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 0 0 $390,000 2/27/2020
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 $208,171 1/26/2023
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 $1,075,119 10/19/2022
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
 
International Total$6,353,847 1/26/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.

Leading Cast

Mel Gibson    Professor James Murray
Sean Penn    Dr. W.C. Minor

Supporting Cast

Natalie Dormer    Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan    Muncie
Jennifer Ehle    Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine    Charles Hall
David O Hara    Church
Ioan Gruffudd    Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane    Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan    Frederick James Furnivall

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

Production and Technical Credits

P.B. Shemran*    Director
John Boorman    Screenwriter
Todd Komarnicki    Screenwriter
Farhad Safinia    Screenwriter
Simon Winchester    Story based on the novel by
Nicolas Chartier    Producer
Gaston Pavlovich    Producer
Dominic Rustam    Executive Producer
Zev Foreman    Executive Producer
Peter McAleese    Executive Producer

Limited and VOD Releases: A Quiet Week for Limited Releases

May 10th, 2019

All is True

This week’s limited releases are divided into two groups: films earning reviews that are not good enough for limited release and documentaries earning perfect or near perfect reviews. All is True is the biggest of the first group, while The Silence of Others is the most potent of the second group. More...


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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)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time International Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,905 $6,353,847
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200) 9,155 $6,353,847

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu
Netflix:Netflix

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) (Brazil)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 10th, 2019 by Vertical Entertainment
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Just Mercy
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: 1800s, Mental Illness
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: France, Iceland, Ireland, United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Mel Gibson    Professor James Murray
Sean Penn    Dr. W.C. Minor

Supporting Cast

Natalie Dormer    Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan    Muncie
Jennifer Ehle    Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine    Charles Hall
David O Hara    Church
Ioan Gruffudd    Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane    Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan    Frederick James Furnivall

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

Production and Technical Credits

P.B. Shemran*    Director
John Boorman    Screenwriter
Todd Komarnicki    Screenwriter
Farhad Safinia    Screenwriter
Simon Winchester    Story based on the novel by
Nicolas Chartier    Producer
Gaston Pavlovich    Producer
Dominic Rustam    Executive Producer
Zev Foreman    Executive Producer
Peter McAleese    Executive Producer

Limited and VOD Releases: A Quiet Week for Limited Releases

May 10th, 2019

All is True

This week’s limited releases are divided into two groups: films earning reviews that are not good enough for limited release and documentaries earning perfect or near perfect reviews. All is True is the biggest of the first group, while The Silence of Others is the most potent of the second group. More...

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
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 0 0 $390,000 2/27/2020
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 $208,171 1/26/2023
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 $1,075,119 10/19/2022
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
 
International Total$6,353,847 1/26/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.