Far from the Madding Crowd backdrop

Far from the Madding Crowd movie poster

Far from the Madding Crowd

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

🍅 84% 75%

71

3.52

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$165K

Limited · 10 theaters

Domestic Total

$12.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$29.7M

$17.5M international

Domestic Legs5.3x

Budget$15.5M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Full Vinterberg filmography

Thomas Vinterberg

Thomas Vinterberg Director

Carey Mulligan Starring

Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts Starring

Michael Sheen Starring

Tom Sturridge Starring

Juno Temple Starring

ScreenplayDavid Nicholls Produced byAndrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Anita Overland CinematographyCharlotte Bruus Christensen MusicCraig Armstrong Prod. DesignKave Quinn StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 1-3 23 $165.0K — 10 $16,498 $165.0K

2 May 8-10 15 $776.4K +370.6% 99 $7,842 $1.0M

3 May 15-17 10 $1.3M +61.3% 289 $4,332 $2.6M

4 May 22-24 7 $2.3M +82.7% 865 $2,644 $5.4M

5 May 29-31 8 $1.5M −36.2% 902 $1,618 $8.4M

6 Jun 5-7 14 $701.5K −51.9% 610 $1,150 $9.9M

7 Jun 12-14 17 $431.9K −38.4% 366 $1,180 $10.7M

8 Jun 19-21 20 $263.7K −39.0% 256 $1,030 $11.3M

9 Jun 26-28 24 $161.4K −38.8% 153 $1,055 $11.6M

10 Jul 3-5 28 $119.7K −25.9% 105 $1,140 $11.8M

11 Jul 10-12 30 $86.9K −27.4% 98 $887 $12.0M

12 Jul 17-19 39 $50.0K −42.5% 74 $676 $12.1M

13 Jul 24-26 51 $27.0K −46.1% 47 $574 $12.2M

14 Jul 31-Aug 2 58 $15.4K −43.0% 27 $569 $12.2M

15 Aug 7-9 63 $10.1K −34.3% 18 $561 $12.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 1 — $54.1K — $54.1K 10 $5,409 1

Sat May 2 — $67.9K +25.5% $122.0K 10 $6,788 2

Sun May 3 — $43.0K −36.6% $165.0K 10 $4,302 3

Mon May 4 — $16.8K −60.9% $181.8K 10 $1,683 4

Tue May 5 — $19.8K +17.9% $201.7K 10 $1,984 5

Wed May 6 — $20.6K +3.7% $222.2K 10 $2,058 6

Thu May 7 — $17.9K −12.9% $240.2K 10 $1,793 7

Fri May 8 #15 $191.5K +968.1% +254.1% $431.7K 99 $1,935 8

Sat May 9 #13 $329.9K +72.2% +385.9% $761.5K 99 $3,332 9

Sun May 10 #15 $255.0K −22.7% +492.8% $1.0M 99 $2,576 10

Mon May 11 #14 $75.4K −70.4% +347.7% $1.1M 99 $761 11

Tue May 12 #14 $84.7K +12.4% +326.8% $1.2M 99 $855 12

Wed May 13 #14 $77.8K −8.1% +278.1% $1.3M 99 $786 13

Thu May 14 #12 $76.3K −1.9% +325.6% $1.3M 99 $771 14

Fri May 15 #10 $347.4K +355.3% +81.4% $1.7M 289 $1,202 15

Sat May 16 #10 $562.0K +61.8% +70.4% $2.2M 289 $1,945 16

Sun May 17 #10 $342.6K −39.0% +34.3% $2.6M 289 $1,185 17

Mon May 18 #10 $147.5K −56.9% +95.8% $2.7M 289 $511 18

Tue May 19 #10 $155.7K +5.6% +83.9% $2.9M 289 $539 19

Wed May 20 #10 $140.0K −10.1% +80.0% $3.0M 289 $485 20

Thu May 21 #10 $136.7K −2.4% +79.2% $3.2M 289 $473 21

Fri May 22 #7 $610.9K +346.9% +75.9% $3.8M 865 $706 22

Sat May 23 #7 $886.9K +45.2% +57.8% $4.7M 865 $1,025 23

Sun May 24 #8 $789.4K −11.0% +130.4% $5.4M 865 $913 24

Mon May 25 #9 $705.6K −10.6% +378.2% $6.2M 865 $816 25

Tue May 26 #7 $292.8K −58.5% +88.0% $6.4M 865 $338 26

Wed May 27 #7 $254.4K −13.1% +81.7% $6.7M 865 $294 27

Thu May 28 #7 $239.8K −5.8% +75.4% $6.9M 865 $277 28

Fri May 29 #9 $400.3K +66.9% −34.5% $7.3M 902 $444 29

Sat May 30 #8 $621.2K +55.2% −30.0% $8.0M 902 $689 30

Sun May 31 #9 $437.7K −29.5% −44.6% $8.4M 902 $485 31

Mon Jun 1 #8 $183.2K −58.1% −74.0% $8.6M 902 $203 32

Tue Jun 2 #8 $244.1K +33.2% −16.6% $8.8M 902 $271 33

Wed Jun 3 #9 $186.6K −23.6% −26.7% $9.0M 902 $207 34

Thu Jun 4 #9 $173.1K −7.2% −27.8% $9.2M 902 $192 35

Fri Jun 5 #13 $220.9K +27.6% −44.8% $9.4M 610 $362 36

Sat Jun 6 #13 $293.3K +32.8% −52.8% $9.7M 610 $481 37

Sun Jun 7 #13 $187.3K −36.1% −57.2% $9.9M 610 $307 38

Mon Jun 8 #13 $95.2K −49.2% −48.1% $10.0M 610 $156 39

Tue Jun 9 #13 $122.5K +28.7% −49.8% $10.1M 610 $201 40

Wed Jun 10 #13 $105.2K −14.1% −43.6% $10.2M 610 $172 41

Thu Jun 11 #13 $104.6K −0.5% −39.6% $10.3M 610 $172 42

Fri Jun 12 #15 $127.0K +21.4% −42.5% $10.4M 366 $347 43

Sat Jun 13 #15 $184.4K +45.2% −37.1% $10.6M 366 $504 44

Sun Jun 14 #15 $120.5K −34.6% −35.7% $10.7M 366 $329 45

Mon Jun 15 — $62.4K −48.2% −34.4% $10.8M 366 $170 46

Tue Jun 16 — $70.8K +13.5% −42.2% $10.9M 366 $194 47

Wed Jun 17 — $67.1K −5.2% −36.2% $10.9M 366 $183 48

Thu Jun 18 #14 $68.9K +2.7% −34.1% $11.0M 366 $188 49

Fri Jun 19 — $77.1K +11.9% −39.3% $11.1M 256 $301 50

Sat Jun 20 — $111.1K +44.0% −39.8% $11.2M 256 $434 51

Sun Jun 21 — $75.5K −32.1% −37.4% $11.3M 256 $295 52

Mon Jun 22 — $34.1K −54.8% −45.4% $11.3M 256 $133 53

Tue Jun 23 — $45.5K +33.6% −35.7% $11.4M 256 $178 54

Wed Jun 24 — $42.9K −5.9% −36.1% $11.4M 256 $167 55

Thu Jun 25 — $44.7K +4.3% −35.1% $11.4M 256 $175 56

Fri Jun 26 — $42.3K −5.4% −45.2% $11.5M 153 $276 57

Sat Jun 27 — $71.2K +68.4% −35.9% $11.6M 153 $465 58

Sun Jun 28 — $47.9K −32.7% −36.5% $11.6M 153 $313 59

Mon Jun 29 — $23.6K −50.8% −30.8% $11.6M 153 $154 60

Tue Jun 30 — $30.1K +27.5% −34.0% $11.7M 153 $196 61

Wed Jul 1 — $26.0K −13.4% −39.2% $11.7M 122 $213 62

Thu Jul 2 — $29.9K +14.8% −33.1% $11.7M 122 $245 63

Fri Jul 3 — $44.9K +50.3% +6.3% $11.8M 105 $428 64

Sat Jul 4 — $43.6K −3.0% −38.7% $11.8M 105 $415 65

Sun Jul 5 — $31.1K −28.7% −35.1% $11.8M 105 $296 66

Mon Jul 6 — $16.8K −46.1% −28.9% $11.9M 105 $160 67

Tue Jul 7 — $22.0K +31.3% −26.7% $11.9M 105 $210 68

Wed Jul 8 — $19.3K −12.4% −25.9% $11.9M 105 $184 69

Thu Jul 9 — $17.7K −8.1% −40.7% $11.9M 105 $169 70

Fri Jul 10 — $24.6K +38.9% −45.2% $11.9M 98 $251 71

Sat Jul 11 — $37.9K +53.8% −13.1% $12.0M 98 $387 72

Sun Jul 12 — $24.4K −35.7% −21.6% $12.0M 98 $249 73

Mon Jul 13 — $10.9K −55.3% −35.1% $12.0M 98 $111 74

Tue Jul 14 — $14.1K +29.4% −36.0% $12.0M 98 $144 75

Wed Jul 15 — $13.2K −6.4% −31.6% $12.0M 98 $135 76

Thu Jul 16 — $13.0K −1.4% −26.7% $12.1M 98 $133 77

Fri Jul 17 — $14.6K +11.9% −40.9% $12.1M 74 $197 78

Sat Jul 18 — $21.9K +50.3% −42.3% $12.1M 74 $296 79

Sun Jul 19 — $13.6K −38.0% −44.3% $12.1M 74 $183 80

Mon Jul 20 — $7.9K −42.1% −27.9% $12.1M 74 $106 81

Tue Jul 21 — $10.8K +38.0% −23.1% $12.1M 74 $147 82

Wed Jul 22 — $7.9K −27.0% −40.0% $12.1M 74 $107 83

Thu Jul 23 — $9.8K +23.6% −24.7% $12.1M 74 $132 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$11.9M

May 1May 18Jun 5Jun 22Jul 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $119.7K

$165.0K

$776.4K

$1.3M

$2.3M

$1.5M

$701.5K

$431.9K

$263.7K

$161.4K

$119.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 902 → 105 −88.4%

10 open105 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.9%

+370.6%

W1→2

+61.3%

W2→3

+82.7%

W3→4

−36.2%

W4→5

−51.9%

W5→6

−38.4%

W6→7

−39.0%

W7→8

−38.8%

W8→9

−25.9%

W9→10

Steepest −51.9%Biggest gain +370.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

An Education 2009 · Scherfig $12.6M The Great Gatsby 2013 · Luhrmann $145M One Day 2011 · Scherfig $13.8M The Hunt 2012 · Vinterberg $687K Another Round 2020 · Vinterberg $44K The Light Between Oceans 2016 · Cianfrance $12.5M

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison →

No head-to-head comparisons featuring Far from the Madding Crowd yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →