Revenge is never a straight line.

The Railway Man

Name: The Railway Man
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2013-12-02
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada

British Cinema20131h 56mEnglishTop 47% of British Cinema budgets

51Standing

107th of 226 in British Cinema

Reported gross: 58
Return on budget: 43
Audience rating: 57
Momentum: 41

Out-grossed 58% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($24M).
Returned 1.3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
Momentum in the 41st percentile.
Audience rating 6.8 from 799 votes, the 57th percentile.

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Cost: $18M
Took: $24M

Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 0.8 times what a typical release there does.

The money says average. What do you say?

The picture

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

Released: 2 December 2013
Runtime: 1h 56m
Language: English
Industry: British Cinema

Top billedAll 23 credits

Made by

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenplay: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson
Original Music Composer: David Hirschfelder
Director of Photography: Garry Phillips
Producer: Andy Paterson, Bill Curbishley, Chris Brown

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