Production Company

The Weinstein Company Mini-major film studio American

Funding

The UK Film CouncilMolinareThe Weinstein CompanyAegisPrescience

Distribution - UK

Momentum Pictures Independent film distributor British

Budget

$15,000,000 (£9,004,101)

Box Office Gross

$414,211,549 (£248,521,164) The leading film of 2010 was Toy

Story 3, with $1,063,171,911 (£637,855,517)

Director

Tom Hooper The King’s Speech won him an Oscar

for Best Achievement in Directing Past films include...▪ Les Misérables▪ The Damned United▪ Longford

Main Actor

Colin Firth as King George VI The King’s Speech won him an Oscar

for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Past films include...▪ Love Actually▪ A Single Man▪ Girl with a Pearl Earring

Supporting Actors

Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth The King’s Speech got her an Oscar nomination for

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Past films include...▪ Fight Club▪ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street▪ Alice in Wonderland

Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue The King’s Speech got him an Oscar nomination for

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Past films include...▪ Shakespeare in Love▪ The Pirates of the Caribbean series

Cinemas

Released in 2584 theatres worldwide

Promotion – Film Festivals

Was entered into several film festivals Hamptons International Film

Festival Palm Springs International Film

Festival Robert Festival Santa Barbara International Film

Festival Toronto International Film Festival

Promotion – Posters

They focus on the big stars that feature in the film

Extremely positive critic reviews

Heavy emphasis on British themes

Genre

BiographyDramaHistory

Success - Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes 94% from critic reviews Average rating of 8.6/10 from ratings 92% from audience feedback Average rating of 4.3/5 from ratings

Metacritic Metascore of 88/100 based on 41 critics User score of 8.3/10 based on 591

ratings

Success – Awards and Accreditation

#199 in IMDB’s Top 250 list Won 4 Oscars

Best Motion Picture of the Year Best Performance by an Actor in a

Leading Role Best Achievement in Directing Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Won 90 awards in total, nominated for 104 others

Success – Box Office

Ranked 18th in top grossing list of 2010

Toy Story 3 ranks 1st with $1,063,171,911 (£637,855,517), a difference of $648,960,362 (£389,342,987) which is over double what The King’s Speech made