Synopsis

A true life story of the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:	$17,000,000
Lithuania Releases:	July 15th, 2016 (Wide), released as Genijus
Video Release:	August 23rd, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating:	PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive content. (Rating bulletin 2391, 9/16/2015)
Running Time:	104 minutes
Keywords:	Writing and Writers, 1920s, 1930s, Publishing Industry, Biography
Source:	Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:	Drama
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies:	Summit Entertainment, Riverstone Pictures, Pinewood Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Desert Wolf Productions, MGC
Production Countries:	United States
Languages:	English

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September 6th, 2016

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Home Market Releases for August 23rd, 2016

August 24th, 2016

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June 10th, 2016

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Total Gross	Week
2016/07/15	7	$6,676		$6,676	1
2016/07/22	13	$1,241	-81%	$16,202	2
2016/07/29	14	$1,196	-4%	$20,904	3
2016/08/05	14	$864	-28%	$22,669	4
2016/08/12	15	$814	-6%	$24,626	5

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Brazil	10/21/2016	$0	0	5	5	$130,626	11/16/2018
Bulgaria	10/7/2016	$1,407	0	0	0	$16,305	2/26/2019
China	3/10/2017	$1,380,000	27319	27319	27319	$2,141,293	8/13/2018
France	7/29/2016	$260,917	0	0	0	$482,584	8/17/2018
Germany	8/12/2016	$0	0	0	0	$189,173	8/19/2018
Italy	11/9/2016	$407,335	0	9	9	$899,000	11/13/2018
Japan	10/7/2016	$0	0	0	0	$392,110	8/20/2018
Lithuania	7/15/2016	$6,676	0	0	0	$24,626	8/26/2016
Mexico	10/7/2016	$86,281	0	0	0	$170,044	9/8/2018
Netherlands	10/20/2016	$21,979	25	26	80	$94,867	11/19/2018
North America	6/10/2016	$98,274	16	152	587	$1,361,045
Portugal	10/7/2016	$9,828	9	10	26	$29,007	11/10/2016
Russia (CIS)	7/8/2016	$159,900	403	403	855	$446,130	11/14/2018
South Korea	4/3/2017	$0	0	172	227	$185,970	6/5/2017
Spain	12/9/2016	$163,590	96	103	368	$673,335	2/17/2017
Turkey	6/10/2016	$11,568	35	35	51	$29,168	2/26/2019

Worldwide Total						$7,265,283	2/26/2019

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Colin Firth		Max Perkins
Jude Law		Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman		Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney		Louise Perkins

Supporting Cast

Guy Pearce		F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West		Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby		Zelda Fitzgerald
Gillian Hanna		Julia Wolfe
Angela Ashton		Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken		Zippy Perkins
Katya Watson		Jane Perkins
Lorna Doherty		Peggy Perkins
Makenna McBrierty		Nancy Perkins
Miquel Brown		Eleanor, Perkin’s Maid
Corey Johnson		John Wheelock
Lucy Briers		Miss Wyckoff
Harry Atwell		Assistant Editor
Ray Strasser-King		James, Mailroom Clerk
David Altaner		Scribner’s Staff
Charles Dinsdale		Scribner’s Staff
Erick Hayden		Scribner’s Staff
Oliver King		Scribner’s Staff
Ken Hazeldine		Scribner’s Staff
Alex Large		Scribner’s Staff
Charlotte Longfield		Scribner’s Staff
Nick Mercer		Scribner’s Staff
Kim Rosenfeld		Scribner’s Staff
James Wallace		Scribner’s Staff
Katherine Kingsley		Purring Woman at Stork Club
Richard Clark		Guest at Purring Woman’s Table
Stella McCabe		Guest at Purring Woman’s Table
Christopher Oram		Guest at Purring Woman’s Table
Mike Vessey		Guest at Purring Woman’s Table
Madeline Rice		Theatre Actress
Ian Drysdale		Theatre Actor
Richard Dempsey		Theatre Director
Alistair Sanderson		Theatre Lighting Technician
Alex Scrivens		Theatre Lighting Technician
Cassandra Nina		Woman at Jazz Club Bar
Pamela Okorofor		Woman at Jazz Club Bar
Kenji Fenton		Jazz Club Band Member
Neville Malcolm		Jazz Club Band Member
Winston Rollins		Jazz Club Band Member
Chris Storr		Jazz Club Band Member
Frank Tontoh		Jazz Club Band Member
Jamal Crawford		Dancer at Jazz Club
Kemi Durosinmi		Dancer at Jazz Club
Jo Dyce		Dancer at Jazz Club
Kevin Ketti		Dancer at Jazz Club
Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa		Dancer at Jazz Club
Joshua Robinson		Dancer at Jazz Club
Andrew Byron		Grand Central Station Conductor
Jane Perry		John Hopkins Hospital Nurse
James Bierman		Funeral Minister
Trina Dillon		Effie Wolfe
Gary Thomsett		Frank Wolfe
Elaine Caulfield		Mabel Wolfe
Mark Philimore		Frederick Wolfe

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Grandage		Director
John Logan		Screenwriter
A. Scott Berg		Based on the book “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius” by
James Bierman		Producer
Michael Grandage		Producer
John Logan		Producer
Tracey Seaward		Co-Producer
Deepak Nayar		Executive Producer
Nik Bower		Executive Producer
James J. Bagley		Executive Producer
A. Scott Berg		Executive Producer
Tim Bevan		Executive Producer
Steve Christian		Executive Producer
Ivan Dunleavy		Executive Producer
Arielle Tepper Madover		Executive Producer
Ben Davis		Director of Photography
Mark Digby		Production Designer
Chris Dickens		Editor
Adam Cork		Composer
Jane Petrie		Costume Designer
Christine Blundell		Make-up and Hair Designer
Jina Jay		Casting Director
Deborah Saban		First Assistant Director
Susanna Lenton		Script Supervisor
Sam Knox-Johnston		Unit Production Manager
Tania Blunden		Post-Production Supervisor
Peter Lindsay		Sound Mixer
Patrick Rolfe		Supervising Art Director
Alex Baily		Art Director
Gareth Cousins		Art Director
Michelle Day		Set Decorator
Jonah Coombes		Supervising Location Manager
Amie Tridgell		Location Manager
Lesa Warrener		Make-up and Hair Designer
William Blunden		First Assistant Editor
James Panting		Second Assistant Editor
Ian Wilson		Supervising Sound Editor
James Grogan		Stunt Coordinator
Neal Champion		Special Effects Supervisor
Adam Gascoyne		Visual Effects Supervisor
Simon Hughes		Visual Effects Supervisor
Tim Caplan		Visual Effects Producer
Ian Tapp		Re-recording Mixer
Andrew Caller		Re-recording Mixer
Glen Gathard		Foley Mixer
Karen Elliott		Music Supervisor
John Warhurst		Music Editor
Lewis Jones		Score Recordist
Lewis Jones		Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Lithuania Box Office for Genijus (2016)