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#4,416 All-time worldwide
#134 2019 releases

Movie profile

The Kid Who Would Be King

2019 · 120 min · Working Title Films

Action Adventure Fantasy Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $32.1M
Budget $59.0M
Gross minus budget -$26.9M
ROI 0.54x

Domestic gross

$13.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$18.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Kid Who Would Be King 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 #4,416 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2019 releases #134 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2019. Studio / company #19 Working Title Films of 35 titles Position inside the mapped Working Title Films movie set. Primary genre #1,418 Action of 2,939 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.

#4,413 Reindeer Games 2000 · $32.2M #4,414 Alien Nation 1988 · $32.2M #4,415 The Strangers: Prey at Night 2018 · $32.1M #4,417 The Chosen: Season 4 2024 · $32.1M #4,418 Amazing Grace 2006 · $32.1M #4,419 Invasion 2020 · $32.1M

Quick answer

How did The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) earned a reported $32.1M worldwide against a reported $59.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$26.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.54x. In this database it currently ranks #4,416 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #134 among 2019 releases.

Worldwide gross
$32,140,970
Budget
$59,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$26,859,030
ROI
0.54x
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

Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 16, 2019
Production
Working Title Films, Big Talk Studios, TSG Entertainment
Countries
GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2019, The Kid Who Would Be King is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Fantasy title from Working Title Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $32.1M, reported production budget is $59.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$26.9M, ROI is 0.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,416 all-time in the current chart set and #134 among 2019 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.