A Royal Affair

2012 | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Scores

Overall Score
75.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
73.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
75.1%
Review Aggregate
83.5

Critic Consensus

90.1% Fresh • 111 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 111 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, romantic, political. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

historicalromanticpoliticaltragiccharacter-drivenemotionaldarkvisually strikingthought-provokinggritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Mads Mikkelsen2012$600,000$820,000(est)
Alicia Vikander2012$370,000$505,000(est)
Mikkel Følsgaard2012$278,000$380,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score90.0
RT critic review count111
Rotten Tomatoes audience score82.0
RT audience rating count10,000
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes53,201

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$1,546,761$2,113,323
International2012$13,212,236$18,051,735
Worldwide2012$14,758,997$20,165,058

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2012$6,058,275$8,277,356
Digital Rentals ?2012$3,255,000$4,447,271
Digital Purchases ?2012$1,463,000$1,998,881
Physical Rentals ?2012$5,159,000$7,048,686
Physical Purchases ?2012$12,747,000$17,416,088
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$618,704$845,329
Total Revenues2012$29,300,979$40,033,612
Expenses
Budget ?2012$7,800,000$10,657,056
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$4,923,000 (est)$6,726,242 (est)
Participations2012$1,172,000$1,601,291
Residuals ?2012$1,523,000$2,080,858
Interest & Overhead2012$1,560,000$2,131,411
Total Expenses2012$16,978,000$23,196,858
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$12,322,979$16,836,754

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