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#7,337 All-time worldwide
#227 2016 releases

Movie profile

The Man Who Knew Infinity

2016 · 108 min · Animus Films

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.5M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man Who Knew Infinity ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #7,337 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #227 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Primary genre #3,058 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 The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $11.5M. In this database it currently ranks #7,337 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #227 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,472,454
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 8, 2016
Production
Animus Films, Pressman Film, Kreo Films
Countries
GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, The Man Who Knew Infinity is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from Animus Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,337 all-time in the current chart set and #227 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.