FairyTale: A True Story
“Believe.”
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Family
Studio
Icon Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How FairyTale: A True Story performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$14.1M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~32/68, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Fantasy) 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
Elsie Wright
Florence Hoath
Elsie Wright
Frances Griffiths
Elizabeth Earl
Frances Griffiths
Arthur Wright
Paul McGann
Arthur Wright
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Peter O'Toole
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry Houdini
Harvey Keitel
Harry Houdini
Polly Wright
Phoebe Nicholls
Polly Wright
Edward Gardner
Bill Nighy
Edward Gardner
John Ferret, a Reporter
Tim McInnerny
John Ferret, a Reporter
Houdini's Assistant
Joseph May
Houdini's Assistant
Sergeant Farmer
Peter Mullan
Sergeant Farmer
Peter Pan
Anna Chancellor
Peter Pan
Jean Doyle
Lara Morgan
Jean Doyle
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