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2011 · FILM

The Eagle

A determined young Roman centurion ventures into hostile Caledonian wilderness to recover his missing legion’s sacred eagle and redeem his father’s tarnished legacy before the empire forgets them.

“The destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire.”

Directed by
Kevin Macdonald, Ben Dixon
Written by
Jeremy Brock, Rosemary Sutcliff
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
114 min
ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 257+ 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 Justine WrightShot by Anthony Dod MantleScored by Atli OrvarssonDesigned by Michael CarlinSound by Niv Adiri Nm1866364Costumes by Michael O Connor Nm0640445

Box Office

2011 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$27.1M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$27.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.5M — 72% of worldwide · International: $7.6M (28%)

Opening weekend: $8.7M — 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $11.5M — 59% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,296 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Adler der Neunten Legionde
  • Die Adler der neunten Legionde
  • L'Aigle de la Neuvième Légionfr
  • (French)L'aigle de la neuvième légion
  • (Bulgarian)Орелът
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • RussiaFeb 10, 2011
  • CanadaFeb 11, 2011
  • United StatesFeb 11, 2011
  • UkraineFeb 17, 2011

Companies

ProductionFocus Features, Film4, Toledo Productions, Twins Financing
DistributionFocus Features, Alliance, Universal Pictures International (UPI), Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, BIM Distribuzione
Special effectsPrime Focus, The Quickening, Artem, FBFX
Other companiesFocus Features, A1 Animals, ARRI Media, Abacus Consult, Abbey Road Studios, Ascent 142 Features

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