A United Kingdom (2016)

A United Kingdom
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $3,902,185Details
International Box Office $7,193,835
Worldwide Box Office $11,096,020
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and Ruth Williams, a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$66,510 (1.7% of total gross)
Legs:6.17 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/317 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,202,911

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 10th, 2017 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: October 28th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
November 25th, 2016 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
December 9th, 2016 (Wide), released as United Kingdom, A (New Zealand)
February 3rd, 2017 (Wide), released as A United Kingdom - L'amore che ha cambiato la storia (Italy)
March 10th, 2017 (Wide), released as Um Reino Unido (Portugal)
Video Release: May 23rd, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality.
(Rating bulletin 2451 (Cert #50694), 11/16/2016)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Geographical setting: Africa, United Kingdom
Plot point: Biography, Forbidden Romance, Interracial Romance, Political, Romance, Royalty
Social setting: Apartheid
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1940s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, BBC Films, Ingenious Media, BFI, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, Yoruba Saxon, Harbinger Pictures, A Perfect Weekend, Film United
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 10, 2017 46 $66,510   4 $16,628   $66,510 1
Feb 17, 2017 31 $267,179 +302% 45 $5,937   $357,321 2
Feb 24, 2017 20 $507,125 +90% 148 $3,427   $986,625 3
Mar 3, 2017 19 $632,123 +25% 271 $2,333   $1,814,372 4
Mar 10, 2017 20 $531,658 -16% 317 $1,677   $2,611,946 5
Mar 17, 2017 22 $303,959 -43% 257 $1,183   $3,162,212 6
Mar 24, 2017 30 $187,253 -38% 159 $1,178   $3,521,425 7
Mar 31, 2017 32 $80,413 -57% 86 $935   $3,696,378 8
Apr 7, 2017 41 $42,591 -47% 57 $747   $3,779,575 9
Apr 14, 2017 49 $18,975 -55% 31 $612   $3,822,673 10
Apr 21, 2017 53 $16,667 -12% 25 $667   $3,856,854 11
Apr 28, 2017 59 $10,309 -38% 20 $515   $3,879,951 12
May 5, 2017 66 $5,750 -44% 12 $479   $3,890,865 13
May 12, 2017 79 $3,205 -44% 10 $321   $3,896,030 14
May 19, 2017 - $1,070 -67% 3 $357   $3,901,630 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 10, 2017 - $18,389     4 $4,597   $18,389 1
Feb 11, 2017 - $30,515 +66%   4 $7,629   $48,904 2
Feb 12, 2017 - $17,606 -42%   4 $4,402   $66,510 3
Feb 13, 2017 - $4,984 -72%   4 $1,246   $71,494 4
Feb 14, 2017 - $8,990 +80%   4 $2,248   $80,484 5
Feb 15, 2017 - $5,000 -44%   4 $1,250   $85,484 6
Feb 16, 2017 - $4,658 -7%   4 $1,165   $90,142 7
Feb 17, 2017 - $60,093 +1,190% +227% 45 $1,335   $150,235 8
Feb 18, 2017 - $125,645 +109% +312% 45 $2,792   $275,880 9
Feb 19, 2017 - $81,441 -35% +363% 45 $1,810   $357,321 10
Feb 20, 2017 - $52,261 -36% +949% 45 $1,161   $409,582 11
Feb 21, 2017 - $24,978 -52% +178% 45 $555   $434,560 12
Feb 22, 2017 - $23,313 -7% +366% 45 $518   $457,873 13
Feb 23, 2017 - $21,627 -7% +364% 45 $481   $479,500 14
Feb 24, 2017 - $149,862 +593% +149% 148 $1,013   $629,362 15
Feb 25, 2017 - $248,918 +66% +98% 148 $1,682   $878,280 16
Feb 26, 2017 - $108,345 -56% +33% 148 $732   $986,625 17
Feb 27, 2017 - $47,675 -56% -9% 148 $322   $1,034,300 18
Feb 28, 2017 - $56,265 +18% +125% 148 $380   $1,090,565 19
Mar 1, 2017 - $46,334 -18% +99% 148 $313   $1,136,899 20
Mar 2, 2017 - $45,350 -2% +110% 148 $306   $1,182,249 21
Mar 3, 2017 - $168,188 +271% +12% 271 $621   $1,350,437 22
Mar 4, 2017 - $290,168 +73% +17% 271 $1,071   $1,640,605 23
Mar 5, 2017 - $173,767 -40% +60% 271 $641   $1,814,372 24
Mar 6, 2017 - $60,968 -65% +28% 271 $225   $1,875,340 25
Mar 7, 2017 - $80,744 +32% +44% 271 $298   $1,956,084 26
Mar 8, 2017 - $63,909 -21% +38% 271 $236   $2,019,993 27
Mar 9, 2017 - $60,295 -6% +33% 271 $222   $2,080,288 28
Mar 10, 2017 - $143,058 +137% -15% 317 $451   $2,223,346 29
Mar 11, 2017 - $240,319 +68% -17% 317 $758   $2,463,665 30
Mar 12, 2017 - $148,281 -38% -15% 317 $468   $2,611,946 31
Mar 13, 2017 - $56,800 -62% -7% 317 $179   $2,668,746 32
Mar 14, 2017 - $68,175 +20% -16% 317 $215   $2,736,921 33
Mar 15, 2017 - $63,187 -7% -1% 317 $199   $2,800,108 34
Mar 16, 2017 - $58,145 -8% -4% 317 $183   $2,858,253 35
Mar 17, 2017 - $76,794 +32% -46% 257 $299   $2,935,047 36
Mar 18, 2017 - $144,306 +88% -40% 257 $562   $3,079,353 37
Mar 19, 2017 - $82,859 -43% -44% 257 $322   $3,162,212 38
Mar 20, 2017 - $33,304 -60% -41% 257 $130   $3,195,516 39
Mar 21, 2017 - $52,964 +59% -22% 257 $206   $3,248,480 40
Mar 22, 2017 - $41,588 -21% -34% 257 $162   $3,290,068 41
Mar 23, 2017 15 $44,104 +6% -24% 257 $172   $3,334,172 42
Mar 24, 2017 - $48,269 +9% -37% 159 $304   $3,382,441 43
Mar 25, 2017 - $83,633 +73% -42% 159 $526   $3,466,074 44
Mar 26, 2017 - $55,351 -34% -33% 159 $348   $3,521,425 45
Mar 27, 2017 - $19,237 -65% -42% 159 $121   $3,540,662 46
Mar 28, 2017 - $29,779 +55% -44% 159 $187   $3,570,441 47
Mar 29, 2017 - $23,174 -22% -44% 159 $146   $3,593,615 48
Mar 30, 2017 - $22,350 -4% -49% 159 $141   $3,615,965 49
Mar 31, 2017 - $24,102 +8% -50% 86 $280   $3,640,067 50
Apr 1, 2017 - $36,308 +51% -57% 86 $422   $3,676,375 51
Apr 2, 2017 - $20,003 -45% -64% 86 $233   $3,696,378 52
Apr 3, 2017 - $8,015 -60% -58% 86 $93   $3,704,393 53
Apr 4, 2017 - $10,763 +34% -64% 86 $125   $3,715,156 54
Apr 5, 2017 - $10,498 -2% -55% 86 $122   $3,725,654 55
Apr 6, 2017 - $11,330 +8% -49% 86 $132   $3,736,984 56
Apr 7, 2017 - $11,646 +3% -52% 57 $204   $3,748,630 57
Apr 8, 2017 - $19,489 +67% -46% 57 $342   $3,768,119 58
Apr 9, 2017 - $11,456 -41% -43% 57 $201   $3,779,575 59
Apr 10, 2017 - $4,694 -59% -41% 57 $82   $3,784,269 60
Apr 11, 2017 - $6,660 +42% -38% 57 $117   $3,790,929 61
Apr 12, 2017 - $5,922 -11% -44% 57 $104   $3,796,851 62
Apr 13, 2017 - $6,847 +16% -40% 57 $120   $3,803,698 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 10, 2017 45 $90,142   4 $22,536   $90,142 1
Feb 17, 2017 32 $389,358 +332% 45 $8,652   $479,500 2
Feb 24, 2017 20 $702,749 +80% 148 $4,748   $1,182,249 3
Mar 3, 2017 18 $898,039 +28% 271 $3,314   $2,080,288 4
Mar 10, 2017 20 $777,965 -13% 317 $2,454   $2,858,253 5
Mar 17, 2017 20 $475,919 -39% 257 $1,852   $3,334,172 6
Mar 24, 2017 28 $281,793 -41% 159 $1,772   $3,615,965 7
Mar 31, 2017 31 $121,019 -57% 86 $1,407   $3,736,984 8
Apr 7, 2017 40 $66,714 -45% 57 $1,170   $3,803,698 9
Apr 14, 2017 49 $36,489 -45% 31 $1,177   $3,840,187 10
Apr 21, 2017 49 $29,455 -19% 25 $1,178   $3,869,642 11
Apr 28, 2017 60 $15,473 -47% 20 $774   $3,885,115 12
May 5, 2017 68 $7,710 -50% 12 $643   $3,892,825 13
May 12, 2017 71 $7,735 n/c 11 $703   $3,900,560 14
May 19, 2017 80 $1,625 -79% 3 $542   $3,902,185 15

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Synopsis

The true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and Ruth Williams, a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$66,510 (1.7% of total gross)
Legs:6.17 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/317 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,202,911

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 10th, 2017 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: October 28th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
November 25th, 2016 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
December 9th, 2016 (Wide), released as United Kingdom, A (New Zealand)
February 3rd, 2017 (Wide), released as A United Kingdom - L'amore che ha cambiato la storia (Italy)
March 10th, 2017 (Wide), released as Um Reino Unido (Portugal)
Video Release: May 23rd, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality.
(Rating bulletin 2451 (Cert #50694), 11/16/2016)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Geographical setting: Africa, United Kingdom
Plot point: Biography, Forbidden Romance, Interracial Romance, Political, Romance, Royalty
Social setting: Apartheid
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1940s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, BBC Films, Ingenious Media, BFI, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, Yoruba Saxon, Harbinger Pictures, A Perfect Weekend, Film United
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 10, 2017 46 $66,510   4 $16,628   $66,510 1
Feb 17, 2017 31 $267,179 +302% 45 $5,937   $357,321 2
Feb 24, 2017 20 $507,125 +90% 148 $3,427   $986,625 3
Mar 3, 2017 19 $632,123 +25% 271 $2,333   $1,814,372 4
Mar 10, 2017 20 $531,658 -16% 317 $1,677   $2,611,946 5
Mar 17, 2017 22 $303,959 -43% 257 $1,183   $3,162,212 6
Mar 24, 2017 30 $187,253 -38% 159 $1,178   $3,521,425 7
Mar 31, 2017 32 $80,413 -57% 86 $935   $3,696,378 8
Apr 7, 2017 41 $42,591 -47% 57 $747   $3,779,575 9
Apr 14, 2017 49 $18,975 -55% 31 $612   $3,822,673 10
Apr 21, 2017 53 $16,667 -12% 25 $667   $3,856,854 11
Apr 28, 2017 59 $10,309 -38% 20 $515   $3,879,951 12
May 5, 2017 66 $5,750 -44% 12 $479   $3,890,865 13
May 12, 2017 79 $3,205 -44% 10 $321   $3,896,030 14
May 19, 2017 - $1,070 -67% 3 $357   $3,901,630 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 10, 2017 - $18,389     4 $4,597   $18,389 1
Feb 11, 2017 - $30,515 +66%   4 $7,629   $48,904 2
Feb 12, 2017 - $17,606 -42%   4 $4,402   $66,510 3
Feb 13, 2017 - $4,984 -72%   4 $1,246   $71,494 4
Feb 14, 2017 - $8,990 +80%   4 $2,248   $80,484 5
Feb 15, 2017 - $5,000 -44%   4 $1,250   $85,484 6
Feb 16, 2017 - $4,658 -7%   4 $1,165   $90,142 7
Feb 17, 2017 - $60,093 +1,190% +227% 45 $1,335   $150,235 8
Feb 18, 2017 - $125,645 +109% +312% 45 $2,792   $275,880 9
Feb 19, 2017 - $81,441 -35% +363% 45 $1,810   $357,321 10
Feb 20, 2017 - $52,261 -36% +949% 45 $1,161   $409,582 11
Feb 21, 2017 - $24,978 -52% +178% 45 $555   $434,560 12
Feb 22, 2017 - $23,313 -7% +366% 45 $518   $457,873 13
Feb 23, 2017 - $21,627 -7% +364% 45 $481   $479,500 14
Feb 24, 2017 - $149,862 +593% +149% 148 $1,013   $629,362 15
Feb 25, 2017 - $248,918 +66% +98% 148 $1,682   $878,280 16
Feb 26, 2017 - $108,345 -56% +33% 148 $732   $986,625 17
Feb 27, 2017 - $47,675 -56% -9% 148 $322   $1,034,300 18
Feb 28, 2017 - $56,265 +18% +125% 148 $380   $1,090,565 19
Mar 1, 2017 - $46,334 -18% +99% 148 $313   $1,136,899 20
Mar 2, 2017 - $45,350 -2% +110% 148 $306   $1,182,249 21
Mar 3, 2017 - $168,188 +271% +12% 271 $621   $1,350,437 22
Mar 4, 2017 - $290,168 +73% +17% 271 $1,071   $1,640,605 23
Mar 5, 2017 - $173,767 -40% +60% 271 $641   $1,814,372 24
Mar 6, 2017 - $60,968 -65% +28% 271 $225   $1,875,340 25
Mar 7, 2017 - $80,744 +32% +44% 271 $298   $1,956,084 26
Mar 8, 2017 - $63,909 -21% +38% 271 $236   $2,019,993 27
Mar 9, 2017 - $60,295 -6% +33% 271 $222   $2,080,288 28
Mar 10, 2017 - $143,058 +137% -15% 317 $451   $2,223,346 29
Mar 11, 2017 - $240,319 +68% -17% 317 $758   $2,463,665 30
Mar 12, 2017 - $148,281 -38% -15% 317 $468   $2,611,946 31
Mar 13, 2017 - $56,800 -62% -7% 317 $179   $2,668,746 32
Mar 14, 2017 - $68,175 +20% -16% 317 $215   $2,736,921 33
Mar 15, 2017 - $63,187 -7% -1% 317 $199   $2,800,108 34
Mar 16, 2017 - $58,145 -8% -4% 317 $183   $2,858,253 35
Mar 17, 2017 - $76,794 +32% -46% 257 $299   $2,935,047 36
Mar 18, 2017 - $144,306 +88% -40% 257 $562   $3,079,353 37
Mar 19, 2017 - $82,859 -43% -44% 257 $322   $3,162,212 38
Mar 20, 2017 - $33,304 -60% -41% 257 $130   $3,195,516 39
Mar 21, 2017 - $52,964 +59% -22% 257 $206   $3,248,480 40
Mar 22, 2017 - $41,588 -21% -34% 257 $162   $3,290,068 41
Mar 23, 2017 15 $44,104 +6% -24% 257 $172   $3,334,172 42
Mar 24, 2017 - $48,269 +9% -37% 159 $304   $3,382,441 43
Mar 25, 2017 - $83,633 +73% -42% 159 $526   $3,466,074 44
Mar 26, 2017 - $55,351 -34% -33% 159 $348   $3,521,425 45
Mar 27, 2017 - $19,237 -65% -42% 159 $121   $3,540,662 46
Mar 28, 2017 - $29,779 +55% -44% 159 $187   $3,570,441 47
Mar 29, 2017 - $23,174 -22% -44% 159 $146   $3,593,615 48
Mar 30, 2017 - $22,350 -4% -49% 159 $141   $3,615,965 49
Mar 31, 2017 - $24,102 +8% -50% 86 $280   $3,640,067 50
Apr 1, 2017 - $36,308 +51% -57% 86 $422   $3,676,375 51
Apr 2, 2017 - $20,003 -45% -64% 86 $233   $3,696,378 52
Apr 3, 2017 - $8,015 -60% -58% 86 $93   $3,704,393 53
Apr 4, 2017 - $10,763 +34% -64% 86 $125   $3,715,156 54
Apr 5, 2017 - $10,498 -2% -55% 86 $122   $3,725,654 55
Apr 6, 2017 - $11,330 +8% -49% 86 $132   $3,736,984 56
Apr 7, 2017 - $11,646 +3% -52% 57 $204   $3,748,630 57
Apr 8, 2017 - $19,489 +67% -46% 57 $342   $3,768,119 58
Apr 9, 2017 - $11,456 -41% -43% 57 $201   $3,779,575 59
Apr 10, 2017 - $4,694 -59% -41% 57 $82   $3,784,269 60
Apr 11, 2017 - $6,660 +42% -38% 57 $117   $3,790,929 61
Apr 12, 2017 - $5,922 -11% -44% 57 $104   $3,796,851 62
Apr 13, 2017 - $6,847 +16% -40% 57 $120   $3,803,698 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 10, 2017 45 $90,142   4 $22,536   $90,142 1
Feb 17, 2017 32 $389,358 +332% 45 $8,652   $479,500 2
Feb 24, 2017 20 $702,749 +80% 148 $4,748   $1,182,249 3
Mar 3, 2017 18 $898,039 +28% 271 $3,314   $2,080,288 4
Mar 10, 2017 20 $777,965 -13% 317 $2,454   $2,858,253 5
Mar 17, 2017 20 $475,919 -39% 257 $1,852   $3,334,172 6
Mar 24, 2017 28 $281,793 -41% 159 $1,772   $3,615,965 7
Mar 31, 2017 31 $121,019 -57% 86 $1,407   $3,736,984 8
Apr 7, 2017 40 $66,714 -45% 57 $1,170   $3,803,698 9
Apr 14, 2017 49 $36,489 -45% 31 $1,177   $3,840,187 10
Apr 21, 2017 49 $29,455 -19% 25 $1,178   $3,869,642 11
Apr 28, 2017 60 $15,473 -47% 20 $774   $3,885,115 12
May 5, 2017 68 $7,710 -50% 12 $643   $3,892,825 13
May 12, 2017 71 $7,735 n/c 11 $703   $3,900,560 14
May 19, 2017 80 $1,625 -79% 3 $542   $3,902,185 15

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.