Never Compromise.

The Iron Lady

Name: The Iron Lady
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2011-12-26
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Roger Allam, Susan Brown

British Cinema20111h 45mEnglishTop 58% of British Cinema budgets

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45th of 226 in British Cinema

Reported gross: 87
Return on budget: 95
Audience rating: 30
Momentum: 63

Out-grossed 87% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($116M).
Returned 8.9× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
Momentum in the 63rd percentile.
Audience rating 6.3 from 1,931 votes, the 30th percentile.

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Cost: $13M
Took: $116M

Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 5.2 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Released: 26 December 2011
Runtime: 1h 45m
Language: English
Industry: British Cinema

Top billedAll 22 credits

Meryl StreepMargaret Thatcher
Jim BroadbentDenis Thatcher
Olivia ColmanCarol Thatcher
Roger AllamGordon Reece
Susan BrownJune
Nick DunningJim Prior

Made by

Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Screenplay: Abi Morgan
Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Director of Photography: Elliot Davis
Producer: Damian Jones, Anita Overland, Colleen Woodcock

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