A Knight's Tale
“He will rock you.”
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Action
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Knight's Tale performed
Budget
$65.0M
Worldwide Gross
$117.5M
Gross Profit
$52.5M
Return
1.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$14M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
William Thatcher
Heath Ledger
William Thatcher
Count Adhemar
Rufus Sewell
Count Adhemar
Jocelyn
Shannyn Sossamon
Jocelyn
Geoffrey Chaucer
Paul Bettany
Geoffrey Chaucer
Kate
Laura Fraser
Kate
Roland
Mark Addy
Roland
Wat
Alan Tudyk
Wat
Christiana
Bérénice Bejo
Christiana
Germaine
Scott Handy
Germaine
Colville
James Purefoy
Colville
Young William Thatcher
Leagh Conwell
Young William Thatcher
John Thatcher
Christopher Cazenove
John Thatcher
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