New Zealand Box Office for Tolkien (2019)

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Tolkien
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $143,582Details
Worldwide Box Office $8,969,227Details
Further financial details...

Synopsis

An exploration of the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$20,000,000
New Zealand Releases: June 6th, 2019 (Wide)
Video Release: July 23rd, 2019 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.
(Rating bulletin 2547 (Cert #51771), 10/3/2018)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Keywords: World War I, 1910s, Non-Chronological, Romance, Returning Soldiers, Biographical Drama, Biography, Writing and Writers, Coming of Age, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, First Love, Bullies
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Tolkien Trailer

April 11th, 2019

Biographical drama starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins opens May 10 ... Full Movie Details.

An exploration of the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2019/08/09 - $62   1 $62   $147,613 10
2019/08/16 - $45 -27% 1 $45   $146,544 11
2019/08/30 - $28   1 $28   $143,582 13

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 5/17/2019 $16,452 46 46 46 $21,205 6/2/2019
Australia 6/14/2019 $131,598 140 140 346 $436,738 9/10/2019
Bulgaria 6/21/2019 $5,493 0 0 0 $24,645 8/16/2019
France 6/21/2019 $302,896 168 168 577 $947,033 7/21/2019
Italy 9/12/2019 $38,893 0 17 17 $61,357 9/30/2019
Netherlands 6/7/2019 $96,049 74 75 265 $283,104 10/19/2022
New Zealand 6/6/2019 $0 0 1 3 $143,582 9/5/2019
North America 5/10/2019 $2,200,537 1,495 1,501 3,321 $4,535,154
Spain 6/14/2019 $70,399 70 72 180 $187,532 7/5/2019
Turkey 7/5/2019 $24,998 148 148 199 $65,149 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 5/3/2019 $728,991 512 512 1544 $2,263,728 9/25/2019
 
Worldwide Total$8,969,227 10/19/2022

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Nicholas Hoult J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins Edith Bratt

Supporting Cast

Colm Meaney Father Francis
Derek Jacobi Professor Wright
Al Bollands First Soldier
Kallum Tolkien Second Soldier
Craig Roberts Private Sam Hodges
Harry Gilby Young J.R.R. Tolkien
Laura Donnelly Mabel Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward Hilary Tolkien (Young)
Nia Gwynne Bronwen
Pam Ferris Mrs. Faulkner
Adrian Schiller English Master
Albie Marber Robert Gilson (Young)
Ty Tennant Christopher Wiseman (Young)
Adam Bregman Geoffrey Smith (Young)
Toby Nash Mackintosh
Michael Bryceson Goodson-Thomas
Andrew Bissell Rugby Coach
Owen Teale Headmaster Gilson
Mimi Keene Edith Bratt (Young)
Sian Crisp Waitress
Patrick Gibson Robert Gibson
Anthony Boyle Geoffrey Smith
Tom Glynn-Carney* Christopher Wiseman
Antony Raymond Barlow Maître d’
James MacCallum Hilary Tolkien
David Puckridge Box Office Man
David Bromley Schoolmaster
Lara Maguire Rose
Holly Dempster Beryl
Jane Dixon-Rowland Mary
Genevieve O'Reilly Mrs. Smith
David Birkbeck Porter
Colin MacDonald Professor #1
Andy Orchard Professor #2
Frank Kerr Drunken Student
Rob Rhys Bond Photographer
Joel Phillimore Lieutenant
John Bradfield Student
Mia Woods Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Sienna Woods Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Paul Gurcel Escudero Michael Tolkien (Child)
Harry Webster John Tolkien Jr. (Child)
Jack Riley Christopher Tolkien (Child)

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Dome Karukoski Director
David Gleeson Screenwriter
Stephen Beresford Screenwriter
Peter Chernin Producer
Jenno Topping Producer
David Ready Producer
Kris Thykier Producer
Dan Finlay Co-Producer
Sarada McDermott Co-Producer
Lasse Frank Director of Photography
Grant Montgomery Production Designer
Harri Ylonen Editor
Colleen Kelsall Costume Designer
Thomas Newman Composer
Kate Ringsell Casting Director
Sarah Bridge Music Supervisor
Sarah Franzl Stunt Coordinator
Nancy Bray Unit Production Manager
Antti Lahtinen First Assistant Director
Stuart Renfrew First Assistant Director
Gemma Nunn Second Assistant Director
Pilar Foy Supervising Art Director
San Davey Script Supervisor
Rupert Davies Visual Effects Supervisor
Danny Sheehan Supervising Sound Editor
Matthew Collinge Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Cotterell Re-recording Mixer
Matthew Collinge Re-recording Mixer
Louise Seymour Post-Production Supervisor
Chris Gill Additional Editor
Paul Cowell Art Director
Martin Beresford Sound Mixer
Chris Crookall First Assistant Editor
Anna Morena Make-up and Hair Designer
Mandy Sharpe Location Manager
Danny Hargreaves Special Effects Supervisor
Rachael Penfold Visual Effects Executive Producer
Standish Millennas Visual Effects Producer
Rob Prynne Sound Designer
Martin Cantwell Sound Designer
Paul Carter Sound Designer
Rob Prynne Sound Effects Editor
Martin Cantwell Sound Effects Editor
Paul Carter Sound Effects Editor
Matt Davies Dialogue Editor
Oskar Von Unge Foley Editor
Adam Bourne Foley Editor
Keith Partridge Foley Mixer
Glen Gathard Foley Mixer
Maria Reinup Second Unit Director
Bill Bernstein Music Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.