History's most unlikely friendship.

Victoria & Abdul

Name: Victoria & Abdul
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017-09-13
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar

British Cinema20171h 52mEnglishTop 39% of British Cinema budgets

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37th of 226 in British Cinema

Reported gross: 79
Return on budget: 71
Audience rating: 61
Momentum: 79

Out-grossed 79% of British Cinema releases with reported figures ($67M).
Returned 3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.7×.
Momentum in the 79th percentile.
Audience rating 6.9 from 1,231 votes, the 61st percentile.

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Cost: $22M
Took: $67M

Against a British Cinema median of 1.7×, so this one returned 1.8 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Released: 13 September 2017
Runtime: 1h 52m
Language: English
Industry: British Cinema

Top billedAll 23 credits

Judi DenchQueen Victoria
Ali FazalAbdul Karim
Tim Pigott-SmithSir Henry Ponsonby
Suzy Eddie IzzardBertie, Prince of Wales
Adeel AkhtarMohammed
Michael GambonLord Salisbury

Made by

Director: Stephen Frears
Screenplay: Lee Hall
Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Director of Photography: Danny Cohen
Producer: Tim Bevan, Beeban Kidron, Tracey Seaward, Eric Fellner

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