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#8,233 All-time worldwide
#233 2019 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.7M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$11.3M
ROI 0.43x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$778,889

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tolkien ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Tolkien (2019) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tolkien (2019) earned a reported $8.7M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$11.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.43x. In this database it currently ranks #8,233 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #233 among 2019 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,654,322
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$11,345,678
ROI
0.43x
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

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 3, 2019
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2019, Tolkien is positioned in this dataset as a War, Drama, Romance title from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.7M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$11.3M, ROI is 0.43x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,233 all-time in the current chart set and #233 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.