Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

“As a boy all John Lennon needed was love.”

December 25, 20091h 38mTMDB ★ 7.2

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

Box Office

How Nowhere Boy performed

Budget

$1.5M

Worldwide Gross

$6.6M

Gross Profit

$5.1M

Return

4.4× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$947K

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$3M$3M

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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