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The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything
2014
 123 minutes (2 hrs 03 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

James Marsh

Starring

Eddie Redmayne · Felicity Jones · Tom Prior · Sophie Perry · Finlay Wright-Stephens · Harry Lloyd

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 26th November 2014
United States release date United States release: 7th November 2014
Indonesia release date Indonesia release: 26th November 2014

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 2nd Jan '15
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £3.7 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 19

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 26th Dec '14
  • Debut position: 19
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: $1.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 16

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Jan, 2015
1
9 Jan, 2015
3
16 Jan, 2015
3
23 Jan, 2015
3
30 Jan, 2015
4
6 Feb, 2015
7
13 Feb, 2015
8
20 Feb, 2015
8
27 Feb, 2015
10
6 Mar, 2015
12
13 Mar, 2015
15

US box office

6 Feb, 2015
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

6

PG13

ALL

9

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £21.5 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $35.9 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $123.7 Million

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A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019)

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The number one film was Captain Marvel which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £23.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Fisherman's Friends directed by Chris Foggin and starring Tuppence Middleton and James Purefoy which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Green Book which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Run All Night directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson and Ed Harris which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was The Theory Of Everything which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Fifty Shades Of Grey which had taken £33.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

The number one film was Alice In Wonderland which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Avatar which had taken £89.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes and directed by Andy Tennant.

The film with the longest run was Million Dollar Baby which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Meet The Fockers which had taken £27.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

The number one film was Toy Story 2 which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £38.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Insider directed by Michael Mann and starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe which entered the box office at number 7.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 19 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

The number one film was Disclosure which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Nell directed by Michael Apted and starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Forrest Gump which had taken £16.4 Million over 23 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

The number one film was The War Of The Roses which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Weekend At Bernies directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Back To The Future Part II which had taken £10.4 Million over 17 weeks of release.

A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Fighting With My Family starring Dwayne Johnson and Thomas Whilley and directed by Stephen Merchant.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £54.2 Million over 19 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Maggie Smith and Richard Gere and directed by John Madden.

The film with the longest run was The Theory Of Everything which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Fifty Shades Of Grey which had taken £30.3 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 9 weeks and with a total gross of £86.8 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Crazies directed by Breck Eisner and starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Avatar which had taken £86.8 Million over 11 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was Hide And Seek starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning and directed by John Polson.

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

The top total grossing film of the week was Meet The Fockers which had taken £26.3 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

The number one film was Toy Story 2 which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £32.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 17 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Natural Born Killers starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis and directed by Oliver Stone.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Forrest Gump which had taken £16.3 Million over 21 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Born On The Fourth Of July starring Tom Cruise and Raymond J. Barry and directed by Oliver Stone.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Back To The Future Part II which had taken £10.4 Million over 15 weeks of release.

Making it four weeks at the top of the box office chart this week, and becoming the top grossing film ever in the UK in that time Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The seventh Star Wars film has not taken just about every honour the box office can give, except for highest grossing film across the globe, which it will probably leave where it is.

The figure for The Force Awakens this week are, £6 million for the weekend, £11 million for the week and £108 million total gross, it is of course the highest total grossing film on the chart.

Highest new film of the week is the 8th Quentin Tarantino film (have directors ever promoted film before by how many they have made!) The Hateful Eight which enters the chart at number 2.

The film takes £2.7 million for the weekend, £4 million behind The Force Awakens showing how popular that film still is.

The are no other new films on the box office top 10 this week.

Historical charts

A year ago - Tak3n (Taken 3) was the highest new film of the week knocking The Theory of Everything down to number 3.

Five years ago - Oscar winner The Kings Speech entered that box office at the top knocking Little Fockers down to number 3.

Ten years ago - King Kong remained at the top of the chart and with a static top 2 the highest new film was Just Friends at number 3.

Fifteen years ago - Unbreakable was unmovable at number 1 with the highest new film coming in at number 4 in the shape of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, good for an oriental movie.

Twenty years ago - Seven (or Se7en) was the highest new film at the top of the box office knocking Ace Ventura When Nature Calls down to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Arachnophobia came in at the top and knocked Home Alone to number 2.

As with the previous 2 week Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the top film across the UK with a weekend gross, slight above the previous week, of £10 million.

The incredible gross of The Force Awakens has now reached £97 million and is the second highest grossing film of all time in the UK sandwiched between 2 Bond films.

At the current rate of ticket sales the seventh Star Wars will become the biggest grossing film of all time in the UK by next weekend beating the £102.8 million of Skyfall.

Elsewhere there are still new films entering the box office and this week the Jennifer Lawrence/Robert De Niro double header Joy is the top new film.

Entering at number 3 the debut weekend gross of the movie is a little over £1.5 million.

Also new on this weeks box office top 10 is Eddie Raymond's new film The Danish Girl at 4 with £1.3 million.

The Force Awakens is understandably the highest total grossing film on the box office while Spectre is the longest running film on the charts clocking up 10 weeks so far.

Historical Charts - A year ago - The Theory of Everything saw the new year in with a debut at the top knocking The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies down to number 2.

Five years ago - Gullivers Travels was the first number 1 of the new making its debut there knocking Little Fockers down to 2.

Ten years ago - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe stayed at the top for a second week while Cheaper by The Dozen 2 was the highest new film at 3.

Fifteen years ago - Unbreakable was the top new film of the week at number 1 knocking Meet The PArents down to number 2.

Twenty years ago - Ace Ventura When Nature Calls made its debut at number one leaving Babe to fall down to number 2.

On the UK video sales chart this week Disneys Into The Woods outsells the competition and debuts at the top.

Into The Woods was released in the UK on 9th January this year where is debuted at number 2, missing out on the top spot by new entry that week Tak3n.

The film spent 7 weeks on the chart and was still making a showing at some cinemas in the last few weeks.

The film to date has grossed £9.8 million during it's run.

Last weeks top film The Theory of Everything fell to number 2 this week.

Other new film on the video chart are: Foxcatcher at number 4 and A Most Violent Year at number 13.