The Remains of the Day
“Diamond in the Rough.”
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Remains of the Day performed
Budget
$11.5M
Worldwide Gross
$23.2M
Gross Profit
$11.7M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$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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Cast
James Stevens
Anthony Hopkins
James Stevens
Miss Kenton
Emma Thompson
Miss Kenton
Lord Darlington
James Fox
Lord Darlington
Jack Lewis
Christopher Reeve
Jack Lewis
Reginald Cardinal
Hugh Grant
Reginald Cardinal
William Stevens
Peter Vaughan
William Stevens
Charlie, Head Footman
Ben Chaplin
Charlie, Head Footman
Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Paula Jacobs
Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Spencer
Patrick Godfrey
Spencer
Dupont D'Ivry
Michael Lonsdale
Dupont D'Ivry
Sir Geoffrey Wren
Rupert Vansittart
Sir Geoffrey Wren
Thomas Benn
Tim Pigott-Smith
Thomas Benn
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