The Boat That Rocked
“On air. Off shore. Out of control.”
When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans.
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Boat That Rocked performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$36.3M
Gross Profit
−$13.7M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
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
Carl
Tom Sturridge
Carl
The Count
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Count
Gavin
Rhys Ifans
Gavin
Quentin
Bill Nighy
Quentin
Charlotte
Emma Thompson
Charlotte
Dave
Nick Frost
Dave
Dormandy
Kenneth Branagh
Dormandy
Eleonore
January Jones
Eleonore
Desiree
Gemma Arterton
Desiree
Twatt
Jack Davenport
Twatt
Angus
Rhys Darby
Angus
Simon
Chris O'Dowd
Simon
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