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.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
October 28th, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
May 23rd, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment |
| MPAA 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 |
| Keywords: |
1940s, Royalty, Interracial Romance, Set in United Kingdom, Set in Africa, Romance, Political, Apartheid, Forbidden Romance, Biographical Drama, Biography |
| 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 |
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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2016/10/28 |
33 |
$8,342 |
|
2 |
$4,171 |
$8,342 |
1 |
| 2016/12/23 |
11 |
$61,606 |
|
87 |
$708 |
$81,484 |
9 |
| 2016/12/30 |
13 |
$245,939 |
+299% |
86 |
$2,860 |
$526,953 |
10 |
| 2017/01/06 |
12 |
$214,061 |
-13% |
78 |
$2,744 |
$950,270 |
11 |
| 2017/01/13 |
19 |
$148,810 |
-30% |
68 |
$2,188 |
$1,236,942 |
12 |
| 2017/01/20 |
20 |
$81,966 |
-45% |
65 |
$1,261 |
$1,405,707 |
13 |
| 2017/01/27 |
18 |
$162,220 |
+98% |
58 |
$2,797 |
$1,608,900 |
14 |
| 2017/02/03 |
26 |
$58,198 |
-64% |
79 |
$737 |
$1,706,193 |
15 |
| 2017/02/10 |
- |
$45,836 |
-21% |
79 |
$580 |
$1,781,335 |
16 |
| 2017/02/17 |
30 |
$21,138 |
-54% |
66 |
$320 |
$1,826,401 |
17 |
| 2017/02/24 |
31 |
$19,408 |
-8% |
47 |
$413 |
$1,866,961 |
18 |
| 2017/03/03 |
- |
$8,823 |
-55% |
26 |
$339 |
$1,856,653 |
19 |
| 2017/03/10 |
- |
$4,904 |
-44% |
12 |
$409 |
$1,858,449 |
20 |
| 2017/03/17 |
- |
$3,570 |
-27% |
13 |
$275 |
$1,905,554 |
21 |
| 2017/03/24 |
- |
$1,667 |
-53% |
11 |
$152 |
$1,891,323 |
22 |
| 2017/03/31 |
- |
$3,397 |
+104% |
6 |
$566 |
$1,900,062 |
23 |
| 2017/04/07 |
- |
$1,421 |
-58% |
4 |
$355 |
$1,872,110 |
24 |
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Production and Technical Credits
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