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Far From the Madding Crowd

Far From the Madding Crowd
2015
 119 minutes (1 hrs 59 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom • United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Thomas Vinterberg

Starring

Carey Mulligan · Matthias Schoenaerts · Tilly Vosburgh · Mark Wingett · Dorian Lough · Sam Phillips

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 22nd May 2015
Denmark release date Denmark release: 23rd April 2015
New Zealand release date New Zealand release: 30th April 2015

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 1st May '15
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £1.5 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 18

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 1st May '15
  • Debut position: 23
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: $165 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 15

Chart position history

UK box office

1 May, 2015
2
8 May, 2015
3
15 May, 2015
5
22 May, 2015
7
29 May, 2015
12

US box office

8 May, 2015
15
15 May, 2015
10
22 May, 2015
7
29 May, 2015
8
5 Jun, 2015
14

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £6.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $12.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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A weekly rundown of the UK box office chart big films over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

The number one film was Avengers: Endgame which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £69.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Long Shot directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Avengers: Age Of Ultron which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Far From The Madding Crowd directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Big Hero 6 which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Fast & Furious 7 which had taken £36.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Jon Favreau

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Alice In Wonderland which had taken £42.2 Million over 9 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy starring Martin Freeman and Mos Def and directed by Garth Jennings

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Hitch which had taken £17.1 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was Scream 3 starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell and directed by Wes Craven

The film with the longest run was American Beauty which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 2 which had taken £43.5 Million after 12 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Outbreak starring Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo and directed by Wolfgang Petersen

The film with the longest run was Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Dumb And Dumber which had taken £7.5 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Nuns On The Run starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane and directed by Jonathan Lynn

The film with the longest run was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Look Who's Talking which had taken £9.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Marvel unleash their first blockbuster of the year to the delight of fans and like every year for the last few years it smashed into the top of the UK box office.

Captain American Civil War is the biggest assemble of Marvel superhero characters outside of an Avengers movie and takes over at the top with a weekend take just shy of £20 million.

Compared to the previous Marvel films this is fairly normal but the is by far the highest grossing Captain America movie.

Projection for the movie should be high, but Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice gave a wake up call last month as to how a superhero movie can perform below average.

The Jungle Book falls down to number 2 this week on its 3rd week of release with £5.7 million, its total is £33.2 million to date.

Highest total grossing movie on the box office is Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which has taken £36.5 million to date.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Avengers Age of Ultron remained at the top while Far From The Madding Crowd was the highest new film at number 2.

Five years ago - Thor was the top new film of the week entering at number 1 knocking Fast Five down to number 2.

Ten years ago - Ice Age: The Meltdown stayed put at the top of the box office leaving highest new film 16 Block to enter at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Bridget Jones's Diary stayed for another week at the top while The Mexican made its debut at number 2.

Twenty years ago - Comedy The Birdcage was the top new film across the country at number 1, finally shifting Top Story from the top, it slid to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Biopic The Doors made its debut at the top of the box office while Highlander II The Quickening fell into the runner up spot.

There is no move at the top of the UK video chart this week as Disney's Cinderella keeps a tight hold of the number 1 spot for a second week. Highest new film is at number 2, a DTV (direct to video) film about the Kray brothers called Rise of the Krays.

Released to coincide with the cinematic release of Legend starring Tom Hardy as the twin brothers. Rise of the Krays stars Simon Cotton and Kevin Leslie as the twins and documents their early life before their infamy as gangsters.

The film was released in 16th May 2015 but made no impact on the box office.

Also new this week are: Far From The Madding Crowd and number 3, Monsters Dark Continent at 4.