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The Favourite(2018)
Released
2018 · FILM

The Favourite

A determined scullery maid infiltrates the royal household to secure a position of power, only to become the pawn in a deadly game between the queen’s manipulative confidante and a scheming opposition leader, where her survival depends on outmaneuvering both.

Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos, Adam Byles
Written by
Deborah Davis, Tony Mcnamara
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
119 min
BiographyComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

In early 18th-century England, the close bond between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is challenged by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, sparking a fierce rivalry between the two women as they compete to remain the Queen's favorite.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 312+ 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 Yorgos MavropsaridisShot by Robbie RyanScored by Johnnie BurnDesigned by Fiona CrombieCostumes by Sandy Powell Nm0694309Stunts by Adam HortonVFX by Nicholas Bennett

Box Office

2018 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.4× 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

$95.9M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$95.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.4M — 36% of worldwide · International: $61.6M (64%)

Opening weekend: $422K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $574K — 2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

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Also known as

  • The Favourite – Intrigen und Irrsinnde
  • La Favoritaes
  • Favoritefr
  • La Favoritefr
  • La favoritait
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalyAug 30, 2018
  • United StatesSep 1, 2018
  • SwitzerlandSep 27, 2018
  • GermanySep 29, 2018

Companies

ProductionFox Searchlight Pictures, Film4, Waypoint Entertainment

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