Tolkien (2019)

Tolkien
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $4,535,154Details
International Box Office $4,434,073Details
Worldwide Box Office $8,969,227
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Synopsis

An exploration of the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,200,537 (48.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.06 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,495 opening theaters/1,501 max. theaters, 2.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,921,444

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 10th, 2019 (Wide) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: May 3rd, 2019 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
May 17th, 2019 (Wide) (Argentina)
June 6th, 2019 (Wide) (New Zealand)
June 7th, 2019 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 14th, 2019 (Wide) (Australia)
... Show all releases
Video Release: July 23rd, 2019 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.
(Rating bulletin 2547 (Cert #51771), 10/3/2018)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Plot point: Biography, Bullies, Coming of Age, First Love, Non-Chronological, Returning Soldiers, Romance, Writing and Writers, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent
Social setting: World War I
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1910s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 10, 2019 9 $2,200,537   1,495 $1,472   $2,200,537 1
May 17, 2019 14 $731,445 -67% 1,501 $487   $3,768,184 2
May 24, 2019 24 $139,567 -81% 189 $738   $4,332,217 3
May 31, 2019 36 $43,180 -69% 94 $459   $4,476,959 4
Jun 7, 2019 43 $16,592 -62% 42 $395   $4,523,962 5

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 10, 2019 8 $827,108     1,495 $553   $827,108 1
May 11, 2019 11 $720,980 -13%   1,495 $482   $1,548,088 2
May 12, 2019 9 $652,449 -10%   1,495 $436   $2,200,537 3
May 13, 2019 8 $201,017 -69%   1,495 $134   $2,401,554 4
May 14, 2019 8 $298,811 +49%   1,495 $200   $2,700,365 5
May 15, 2019 8 $188,274 -37%   1,495 $126   $2,888,639 6
May 16, 2019 8 $148,100 -21%   1,495 $99   $3,036,739 7
May 17, 2019 13 $212,161 +43% -74% 1,501 $141   $3,248,900 8
May 18, 2019 15 $307,936 +45% -57% 1,501 $205   $3,556,836 9
May 19, 2019 13 $211,348 -31% -68% 1,501 $141   $3,768,184 10
May 20, 2019 11 $112,108 -47% -44% 1,501 $75   $3,880,292 11
May 21, 2019 12 $129,216 +15% -57% 1,501 $86   $4,009,508 12
May 22, 2019 12 $102,597 -21% -46% 1,501 $68   $4,112,105 13
May 23, 2019 12 $80,545 -21% -46% 1,501 $54   $4,192,650 14
May 24, 2019 - $37,214 -54% -82% 189 $197   $4,229,864 15
May 25, 2019 - $54,395 +46% -82% 189 $288   $4,284,259 16
May 26, 2019 - $47,958 -12% -77% 189 $254   $4,332,217 17
May 27, 2019 - $47,362 -1% -58% 189 $251   $4,379,579 18
May 28, 2019 - $23,372 -51% -82% 189 $124   $4,402,951 19
May 29, 2019 - $17,395 -26% -83% 189 $92   $4,420,346 20
May 30, 2019 - $13,433 -23% -83% 189 $71   $4,433,779 21
May 31, 2019 - $12,547 -7% -66% 94 $133   $4,446,326 22
Jun 1, 2019 - $18,148 +45% -67% 94 $193   $4,464,474 23
Jun 2, 2019 - $12,485 -31% -74% 94 $133   $4,476,959 24
Jun 3, 2019 - $6,197 -50% -87% 94 $66   $4,483,156 25
Jun 4, 2019 - $8,671 +40% -63% 94 $92   $4,491,827 26
Jun 5, 2019 - $8,066 -7% -54% 94 $86   $4,499,893 27
Jun 6, 2019 - $7,477 -7% -44% 94 $80   $4,507,370 28
Jun 7, 2019 - $4,670 -38% -63% 42 $111   $4,512,040 29
Jun 8, 2019 - $6,966 +49% -62% 42 $166   $4,519,006 30
Jun 9, 2019 - $4,956 -29% -60% 42 $118   $4,523,962 31
Jun 10, 2019 - $2,383 -52% -62% 42 $57   $4,526,345 32
Jun 11, 2019 - $2,911 +22% -66% 42 $69   $4,529,256 33
Jun 12, 2019 - $2,921 n/c -64% 42 $70   $4,532,177 34
Jun 13, 2019 - $2,977 +2% -60% 42 $71   $4,535,154 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 10, 2019 9 $3,036,739   1,495 $2,031   $3,036,739 1
May 17, 2019 13 $1,155,911 -62% 1,501 $770   $4,192,650 2
May 24, 2019 24 $241,129 -79% 189 $1,276   $4,433,779 3
May 31, 2019 34 $73,591 -69% 94 $783   $4,507,370 4
Jun 7, 2019 - $27,784 -62% 42 $662   $4,535,154 5

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 5/17/2019 $16,452 46 46 46 $21,205 6/2/2019
Australia 6/14/2019 $131,598 140 140 346 $436,738 9/10/2019
Bulgaria 6/21/2019 $5,493 0 0 0 $24,645 8/16/2019
France 6/21/2019 $302,896 168 168 577 $947,033 7/21/2019
Italy 9/12/2019 $38,893 0 17 17 $61,357 9/30/2019
Netherlands 6/7/2019 $96,049 74 75 265 $283,104 10/19/2022
New Zealand 6/6/2019 $0 0 1 3 $143,582 9/5/2019
Spain 6/14/2019 $70,399 70 72 180 $187,532 7/5/2019
Turkey 7/5/2019 $24,998 148 148 199 $65,149 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 5/3/2019 $728,991 512 512 1,544 $2,263,728 4/4/2026
  
International Total $4,434,073 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.

Leading

Nicholas Hoult    J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins    Edith Bratt

Supporting

Colm Meaney    Father Francis
Derek Jacobi    Professor Wright
Al Bollands    First Soldier
Kallum Tolkien    Second Soldier
Craig Roberts    Private Sam Hodges
Harry Gilby    Young J.R.R. Tolkien
Laura Donnelly    Mabel Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward    Hilary Tolkien (Young)
Nia Gwynne    Bronwen
Pam Ferris    Mrs. Faulkner
Adrian Schiller    English Master
Albie Marber    Robert Gilson (Young)
Ty Tennant    Christopher Wiseman (Young)
Adam Bregman    Geoffrey Smith (Young)
Toby Nash    Mackintosh
Michael Bryceson    Goodson-Thomas
Andrew Bissell    Rugby Coach
Owen Teale    Headmaster Gilson
Mimi Keene    Edith Bratt (Young)
Sian Crisp    Waitress
Patrick Gibson    Robert Gibson
Anthony Boyle    Geoffrey Smith
Tom Glynn-Carney*    Christopher Wiseman
Antony Raymond Barlow    Maître d’
James MacCallum    Hilary Tolkien
David Puckridge    Box Office Man
David Bromley    Schoolmaster
Lara Maguire    Rose
Holly Dempster    Beryl
Jane Dixon-Rowland    Mary
Genevieve O'Reilly    Mrs. Smith
David Birkbeck    Porter
Colin MacDonald    Professor #1
Andy Orchard    Professor #2
Frank Kerr    Drunken Student
Rob Rhys Bond    Photographer
Joel Phillimore    Lieutenant
John Bradfield    Student
Mia Woods    Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Sienna Woods    Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Paul Gurcel Escudero    Michael Tolkien (Child)
Harry Webster    John Tolkien Jr. (Child)
Jack Riley    Christopher Tolkien (Child)

Production and Technical Credits

Dome Karukoski    Director
David Gleeson    Screenwriter
Stephen Beresford    Screenwriter
Peter Chernin    Producer
Jenno Topping    Producer
David Ready    Producer
Kris Thykier    Producer
Dan Finlay    Co-Producer
Sarada McDermott    Co-Producer
Lasse Frank    Director of Photography
Grant Montgomery    Production Designer
Harri Ylonen    Editor
Colleen Kelsall    Costume Designer
Thomas Newman    Composer
Kate Ringsell    Casting Director
Sarah Bridge    Music Supervisor
Sarah Franzl    Stunt Coordinator
Nancy Bray    Unit Production Manager
Antti Lahtinen    First Assistant Director
Stuart Renfrew    First Assistant Director
Gemma Nunn    Second Assistant Director
Pilar Foy    Supervising Art Director
San Davey    Script Supervisor
Rupert Davies    Visual Effects Supervisor
Danny Sheehan    Supervising Sound Editor
Matthew Collinge    Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Cotterell    Re-recording Mixer
Matthew Collinge    Re-recording Mixer
Louise Seymour    Post-Production Supervisor
Chris Gill    Additional Editor
Paul Cowell    Art Director
Martin Beresford    Sound Mixer
Chris Crookall    First Assistant Editor
Anna Morena    Make-up and Hair Designer
Mandy Sharpe    Location Manager
Danny Hargreaves    Special Effects Supervisor
Rachael Penfold    Visual Effects Executive Producer
Standish Millennas    Visual Effects Producer
Rob Prynne    Sound Designer
Martin Cantwell    Sound Designer
Paul Carter    Sound Designer
Rob Prynne    Sound Effects Editor
Martin Cantwell    Sound Effects Editor
Paul Carter    Sound Effects Editor
Matt Davies    Dialogue Editor
Oskar Von Unge    Foley Editor
Adam Bourne    Foley Editor
Keith Partridge    Foley Mixer
Glen Gathard    Foley Mixer
Maria Reinup    Second Unit Director
Bill Bernstein    Music Editor

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

An exploration of the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,200,537 (48.5% of total gross)
Legs:2.06 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,495 opening theaters/1,501 max. theaters, 2.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,921,444

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 10th, 2019 (Wide) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: May 3rd, 2019 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
May 17th, 2019 (Wide) (Argentina)
June 6th, 2019 (Wide) (New Zealand)
June 7th, 2019 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 14th, 2019 (Wide) (Australia)
... Show all releases
Video Release: July 23rd, 2019 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.
(Rating bulletin 2547 (Cert #51771), 10/3/2018)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Plot point: Biography, Bullies, Coming of Age, First Love, Non-Chronological, Returning Soldiers, Romance, Writing and Writers, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent
Social setting: World War I
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1910s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 10, 2019 9 $2,200,537   1,495 $1,472   $2,200,537 1
May 17, 2019 14 $731,445 -67% 1,501 $487   $3,768,184 2
May 24, 2019 24 $139,567 -81% 189 $738   $4,332,217 3
May 31, 2019 36 $43,180 -69% 94 $459   $4,476,959 4
Jun 7, 2019 43 $16,592 -62% 42 $395   $4,523,962 5

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 10, 2019 8 $827,108     1,495 $553   $827,108 1
May 11, 2019 11 $720,980 -13%   1,495 $482   $1,548,088 2
May 12, 2019 9 $652,449 -10%   1,495 $436   $2,200,537 3
May 13, 2019 8 $201,017 -69%   1,495 $134   $2,401,554 4
May 14, 2019 8 $298,811 +49%   1,495 $200   $2,700,365 5
May 15, 2019 8 $188,274 -37%   1,495 $126   $2,888,639 6
May 16, 2019 8 $148,100 -21%   1,495 $99   $3,036,739 7
May 17, 2019 13 $212,161 +43% -74% 1,501 $141   $3,248,900 8
May 18, 2019 15 $307,936 +45% -57% 1,501 $205   $3,556,836 9
May 19, 2019 13 $211,348 -31% -68% 1,501 $141   $3,768,184 10
May 20, 2019 11 $112,108 -47% -44% 1,501 $75   $3,880,292 11
May 21, 2019 12 $129,216 +15% -57% 1,501 $86   $4,009,508 12
May 22, 2019 12 $102,597 -21% -46% 1,501 $68   $4,112,105 13
May 23, 2019 12 $80,545 -21% -46% 1,501 $54   $4,192,650 14
May 24, 2019 - $37,214 -54% -82% 189 $197   $4,229,864 15
May 25, 2019 - $54,395 +46% -82% 189 $288   $4,284,259 16
May 26, 2019 - $47,958 -12% -77% 189 $254   $4,332,217 17
May 27, 2019 - $47,362 -1% -58% 189 $251   $4,379,579 18
May 28, 2019 - $23,372 -51% -82% 189 $124   $4,402,951 19
May 29, 2019 - $17,395 -26% -83% 189 $92   $4,420,346 20
May 30, 2019 - $13,433 -23% -83% 189 $71   $4,433,779 21
May 31, 2019 - $12,547 -7% -66% 94 $133   $4,446,326 22
Jun 1, 2019 - $18,148 +45% -67% 94 $193   $4,464,474 23
Jun 2, 2019 - $12,485 -31% -74% 94 $133   $4,476,959 24
Jun 3, 2019 - $6,197 -50% -87% 94 $66   $4,483,156 25
Jun 4, 2019 - $8,671 +40% -63% 94 $92   $4,491,827 26
Jun 5, 2019 - $8,066 -7% -54% 94 $86   $4,499,893 27
Jun 6, 2019 - $7,477 -7% -44% 94 $80   $4,507,370 28
Jun 7, 2019 - $4,670 -38% -63% 42 $111   $4,512,040 29
Jun 8, 2019 - $6,966 +49% -62% 42 $166   $4,519,006 30
Jun 9, 2019 - $4,956 -29% -60% 42 $118   $4,523,962 31
Jun 10, 2019 - $2,383 -52% -62% 42 $57   $4,526,345 32
Jun 11, 2019 - $2,911 +22% -66% 42 $69   $4,529,256 33
Jun 12, 2019 - $2,921 n/c -64% 42 $70   $4,532,177 34
Jun 13, 2019 - $2,977 +2% -60% 42 $71   $4,535,154 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 10, 2019 9 $3,036,739   1,495 $2,031   $3,036,739 1
May 17, 2019 13 $1,155,911 -62% 1,501 $770   $4,192,650 2
May 24, 2019 24 $241,129 -79% 189 $1,276   $4,433,779 3
May 31, 2019 34 $73,591 -69% 94 $783   $4,507,370 4
Jun 7, 2019 - $27,784 -62% 42 $662   $4,535,154 5

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 5/17/2019 $16,452 46 46 46 $21,205 6/2/2019
Australia 6/14/2019 $131,598 140 140 346 $436,738 9/10/2019
Bulgaria 6/21/2019 $5,493 0 0 0 $24,645 8/16/2019
France 6/21/2019 $302,896 168 168 577 $947,033 7/21/2019
Italy 9/12/2019 $38,893 0 17 17 $61,357 9/30/2019
Netherlands 6/7/2019 $96,049 74 75 265 $283,104 10/19/2022
New Zealand 6/6/2019 $0 0 1 3 $143,582 9/5/2019
Spain 6/14/2019 $70,399 70 72 180 $187,532 7/5/2019
Turkey 7/5/2019 $24,998 148 148 199 $65,149 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 5/3/2019 $728,991 512 512 1,544 $2,263,728 4/4/2026
  
International Total $4,434,073 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.

Leading

Nicholas Hoult    J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins    Edith Bratt

Supporting

Colm Meaney    Father Francis
Derek Jacobi    Professor Wright
Al Bollands    First Soldier
Kallum Tolkien    Second Soldier
Craig Roberts    Private Sam Hodges
Harry Gilby    Young J.R.R. Tolkien
Laura Donnelly    Mabel Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward    Hilary Tolkien (Young)
Nia Gwynne    Bronwen
Pam Ferris    Mrs. Faulkner
Adrian Schiller    English Master
Albie Marber    Robert Gilson (Young)
Ty Tennant    Christopher Wiseman (Young)
Adam Bregman    Geoffrey Smith (Young)
Toby Nash    Mackintosh
Michael Bryceson    Goodson-Thomas
Andrew Bissell    Rugby Coach
Owen Teale    Headmaster Gilson
Mimi Keene    Edith Bratt (Young)
Sian Crisp    Waitress
Patrick Gibson    Robert Gibson
Anthony Boyle    Geoffrey Smith
Tom Glynn-Carney*    Christopher Wiseman
Antony Raymond Barlow    Maître d’
James MacCallum    Hilary Tolkien
David Puckridge    Box Office Man
David Bromley    Schoolmaster
Lara Maguire    Rose
Holly Dempster    Beryl
Jane Dixon-Rowland    Mary
Genevieve O'Reilly    Mrs. Smith
David Birkbeck    Porter
Colin MacDonald    Professor #1
Andy Orchard    Professor #2
Frank Kerr    Drunken Student
Rob Rhys Bond    Photographer
Joel Phillimore    Lieutenant
John Bradfield    Student
Mia Woods    Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Sienna Woods    Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Paul Gurcel Escudero    Michael Tolkien (Child)
Harry Webster    John Tolkien Jr. (Child)
Jack Riley    Christopher Tolkien (Child)

Production and Technical Credits

Dome Karukoski    Director
David Gleeson    Screenwriter
Stephen Beresford    Screenwriter
Peter Chernin    Producer
Jenno Topping    Producer
David Ready    Producer
Kris Thykier    Producer
Dan Finlay    Co-Producer
Sarada McDermott    Co-Producer
Lasse Frank    Director of Photography
Grant Montgomery    Production Designer
Harri Ylonen    Editor
Colleen Kelsall    Costume Designer
Thomas Newman    Composer
Kate Ringsell    Casting Director
Sarah Bridge    Music Supervisor
Sarah Franzl    Stunt Coordinator
Nancy Bray    Unit Production Manager
Antti Lahtinen    First Assistant Director
Stuart Renfrew    First Assistant Director
Gemma Nunn    Second Assistant Director
Pilar Foy    Supervising Art Director
San Davey    Script Supervisor
Rupert Davies    Visual Effects Supervisor
Danny Sheehan    Supervising Sound Editor
Matthew Collinge    Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Cotterell    Re-recording Mixer
Matthew Collinge    Re-recording Mixer
Louise Seymour    Post-Production Supervisor
Chris Gill    Additional Editor
Paul Cowell    Art Director
Martin Beresford    Sound Mixer
Chris Crookall    First Assistant Editor
Anna Morena    Make-up and Hair Designer
Mandy Sharpe    Location Manager
Danny Hargreaves    Special Effects Supervisor
Rachael Penfold    Visual Effects Executive Producer
Standish Millennas    Visual Effects Producer
Rob Prynne    Sound Designer
Martin Cantwell    Sound Designer
Paul Carter    Sound Designer
Rob Prynne    Sound Effects Editor
Martin Cantwell    Sound Effects Editor
Paul Carter    Sound Effects Editor
Matt Davies    Dialogue Editor
Oskar Von Unge    Foley Editor
Adam Bourne    Foley Editor
Keith Partridge    Foley Mixer
Glen Gathard    Foley Mixer
Maria Reinup    Second Unit Director
Bill Bernstein    Music Editor

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.