An army to fight. A demon to slay. A world to save. No pressure.
The Kid Who Would Be King
48Standing
116th of 226 in British Cinema
- Out-grossed 63% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($32M).
- Returned 0.5× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
- Momentum in the 73rd percentile.
- Audience rating 6.2 from 874 votes, the 21st percentile.
- Cost
- $59M
- Took
- $32M
Flop0.5× its cost
Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 0.3 times what a typical release there does.
The money says flop. What do you say?
The picture
Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.
- Released
- 16 January 2019
- Runtime
- 2h
- Language
- English
- Industry
- British Cinema
Top billedAll 23 credits
- Louis Ashbourne SerkisAlexander "Alex" Elliot
- Dean ChaumooBedders
- Tom TaylorLance
- Rhianna DorrisKaye
- Denise GoughMrs. Elliot
- Angus ImrieMerlin
Made by
- Director
- Joe Cornish
- Writer
- Joe Cornish
- Original Music Composer
- Electric Wave Bureau, Damon Albarn
- Director of Photography
- Bill Pope
- Producer
- Nira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
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