

Nowhere Boy
“As a boy all John Lennon needed was love.”
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Lipsync Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Nowhere Boy performed
Budget
$1.5M
Worldwide Gross
$6.6M
Gross Profit
$5.1M
Return
4.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$947K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) 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

John Lennon
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
John Lennon

Julia Lennon
Anne-Marie Duff
Julia Lennon

Mimi Smith
Kristin Scott Thomas
Mimi Smith

George Toogood Smith
David Threlfall
George Toogood Smith

Bobby Dykins
David Morrissey
Bobby Dykins

Paul McCartney
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Paul McCartney

Pete Shotton
Josh Bolt
Pete Shotton

Maria Kennedy
Ophelia Lovibond
Maria Kennedy

Michael Fishwick
Andrew Buchan
Michael Fishwick
Stan Parkes
James Johnson
Stan Parkes
Rod Davis
James Jack Bentham
Rod Davis

Eric Griffiths
Jack McElhone
Eric Griffiths
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