How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
66Standing
60th of 226 in British Cinema
- Out-grossed 81% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($82M).
- Returned 2.7× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
- Momentum in the 56th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.6 from 3,020 votes, the 46th percentile.
- Cost
- $30M
- Took
- $82M
Hit2.7× its cost
Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 1.6 times what a typical release there does.
The money says hit. What do you say?
The picture
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
- Released
- 16 September 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Language
- English
- Industry
- British Cinema
Top billedAll 23 credits
- Gary OldmanGeorge Smiley
- Colin FirthBill Haydon
- Tom HardyRicki Tarr
- John HurtControl
- Toby JonesPercy Alleline
- Mark StrongJim Prideaux
Made by
- Director
- Tomas Alfredson
- Screenplay
- Peter Straughan, Bridget O'Connor
- Original Music Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
- Director of Photography
- Hoyte van Hoytema
- Producer
- Robyn Slovo, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
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