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Released
2017 · FILM

Darkest Hour

Winston Churchill must rally a fractured Parliament and a skeptical king into a unified war cabinet to steer Britain through the looming Nazi onslaught, risking his reputation and the nation’s very survival.

“Never give up. Never give in.”

Directed by
Joe Wright, Dan Channing Williams
Written by
Anthony Mccarten
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
125 min
BiographyDramaHistory

Synopsis

In May 1940, the outcome of World War II rests with Winston Churchill, who faces the critical decision of whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or continue the fight despite the risk of it leading to the end of the British Empire.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 339+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Valerio BonelliShot by Bruno DelbonnelScored by Dario MarianelliDesigned by Sarah GreenwoodSound by Craig Berkey Nm0075389Costumes by Jacqueline DurranStunts by Jamie EdgellVFX by Nicholas Bennett

Box Office

2017 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$150.8M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$150.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $56.5M — 37% of worldwide · International: $94.4M (63%)

Opening weekend: $72K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $72K — 0% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • Die dunkelste Stundede
  • Les Heures sombresfr
  • L'ora più buiait
  • (Bulgarian)Най-мрачният час
Release dates around the world2 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 1, 2017
  • CanadaSep 10, 2017

Companies

ProductionFocus Features, Perfect World Pictures, Pin3hot

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