The Professor and the Madman
“The incredible true story that defined our world.”
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Genres
History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Studio
Fastnet Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Professor and the Madman performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$5.0M
Gross Profit
−$20.0M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$868K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for History) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
James Murray
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Dr. William Chester Minor
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Eliza Merrett
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Muncie
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Ada Murray
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Charles Hall
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
Church
David O'Hara
Church
Benjamin Jowett
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
Henry Bradley
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Dr. Richard Brayne
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
Frederick James Furnivall
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
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