Find your voice.
The King's Speech
93Standing
3rd of 226 in British Cinema
- Out-grossed 97% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($414M).
- Returned 20× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
- Momentum in the 81st percentile.
- Audience rating 7.7 from 9,550 votes, the 94th percentile.
- Cost
- $15M
- Took
- $414M
Blockbuster27.6× its cost
Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 16.2 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
- Released
- 26 November 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- British Cinema
Top billedAll 22 credits
- Colin FirthKing George VI
- Geoffrey RushLionel Logue
- Helena Bonham CarterQueen Elizabeth
- Guy PearceKing Edward VIII
- Timothy SpallWinston Churchill
- Michael GambonKing George V
Made by
- Director
- Tom Hooper
- Screenplay
- David Seidler
- Original Music Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Director of Photography
- Danny Cohen
- Producer
- Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
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