Make the Improbable Possible
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
52Standing
104th of 226 in British Cinema
- Out-grossed 65% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($35M).
- Returned 2.4× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
- Momentum in the 39th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.4 from 974 votes, the 34th percentile.
- Cost
- $14M
- Took
- $35M
Hit2.4× its cost
Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 1.4 times what a typical release there does.
The money says hit. What do you say?
The picture
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
- Released
- 9 March 2012
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- British Cinema
Top billedAll 19 credits
- Ewan McGregorDr. Alfred Jones
- Emily BluntHarriet Chetwode-Talbot
- Kristin Scott ThomasPatricia Maxwell
- Rachael StirlingMary Jones
- Amr WakedSheikh Muhammad
- Catherine SteadmanAshley
Made by
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Screenplay
- Simon Beaufoy
- Original Music Composer
- Dario Marianelli
- Director of Photography
- Terry Stacey
- Producer
- Paul Webster
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