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#6,779 All-time worldwide
#216 2016 releases

Movie profile

A United Kingdom

2016 · 111 min · Pathé

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.8M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$180,861
ROI 0.99x

Domestic gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A United Kingdom ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #6,779 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #216 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #16 Pathé of 22 titles Position inside the mapped Pathé movie set. Primary genre #2,790 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did A United Kingdom (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A United Kingdom (2016) earned a reported $13.8M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$180.9K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.99x. In this database it currently ranks #6,779 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #216 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,819,139
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$180,861
ROI
0.99x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 25, 2016
Production
Pathé, Yoruba Saxon, Harbinger Pictures
Countries
CZ, FR, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, A United Kingdom is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from Pathé. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.8M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$180,861, ROI is 0.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,779 all-time in the current chart set and #216 among 2016 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.