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Released
1991 · FILM

King Ralph

A down‑on‑his‑luck American lounge singer unexpectedly inherits the British throne and must master royal protocol while battling skeptical courtiers and his own cluelessness to keep the kingdom from descending into chaos.

A comedy of majestic proportions.

Directed by
Runtime
97 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

As the only relative in line to ascend the royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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

Shot by Kenneth MacmillanScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Simon Holland

Box Office

1991 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× 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

$52.5M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$52.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.0M 65% of worldwide · International: $18.5M (35%)

Opening weekend: $9.7M 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $9.7M29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,617 theaters

Also known as

  • Sua maestà viene da Las Vegasit

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