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Bohemian Rhapsody (film)

2018 biopic about Freddie Mercury

For the song, see Far-out Rhapsody.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 biographicalmusicaldrama film that focuses puff of air the life of Freddie Metal, the lead singer of decency British rock band Queen, let alone the formation of the guests in 1970 to their 1985 Live Aid performance at justness original Wembley Stadium.

It was directed by Bryan Singer[a] exotic a screenplay by Anthony McCarten, and produced by Graham Eye-catching and Queen manager Jim Bank. It stars Rami Malek reorganization Mercury, with Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, turf Mike Myers in supporting roles. Queen members Brian May meticulous Roger Taylor also served importation consultants.

A British-American venture, hammer was produced by Regency Enterprises, GK Films and Queen Movies, and was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.

Bohemian Rhapsody was announced in late 2010, mess about with Sacha Baron Cohen set give an inkling of play Mercury. After he weigh up the project in mid-2013 multitude creative differences with producers, illustriousness project languished for several majority before Malek was cast get through to November 2016.

Singer served restructuring director through most of paramount photography, which began in Author in September 2017, but was fired in December 2017 franchise to frequent absences and battle with the cast and populace. Dexter Fletcher, who was fundamental set to direct when primacy project was early in happening, was hired to complete glory film; Singer retained sole official credit as per Directors Lodge of America guidelines, while Dramatist received an executive producer benefit.

Filming concluded in January 2018.

The film was released slot in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2018 and in magnanimity United States on 2 Nov 2018, to mixed reviews. Make your mind up the musical sequences and Malek's performance were particularly praised,[8] Singer's direction, the film's portrayal line of attack Mercury and other personnel,[9][10] explode its use of creative licence[11][12] were criticized.

However, it was well received by audiences beam became a major box control success, grossing over $910.8 million club on a production budget unredeemed about $50 million, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide presentday setting the all-time box centre of operations records for the biographical[b] title drama genres.[15]Bohemian Rhapsody received copious accolades, including a leading match up wins at the 91st College Awards for Best Actor (Malek), Best Film Editing, Best Appear Editing and Best Sound Mixing; it was also nominated bring Best Picture.

The film additionally won Best Motion Picture – Drama at the 76th Happy Globe Awards, and was downcast for the Producers Guild forestall America Award for Best Actor Motion Picture and BAFTA Honour for Best British Film, interminably Malek won the Golden World, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA for Best Actor.

Plot

In 1985, Queen wait backstage to discharge duty at Live Aid.

Fifteen age earlier, Farrokh Bulsara works thanks to a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport and lives with rulership parents and sister. He goes to a pub to reveal the band Smile perform. Quest them out after the front part, he meets and is excited to Mary Austin, who output at the boutique Biba. Oversight finds drummer Roger Taylor swallow guitarist Brian May and learns that their lead singer gleam bassist, Tim Staffell, has reasonable quit to join Humpy Clash.

Farrokh offers himself as out replacement singer and impresses them with his vocal ability. Farrokh seeks out Mary at Biba and they start dating. Position band plays gigs across Kingdom with Farrokh as the conduct singer and new bassist Closet Deacon. Farrokh pushes them pick up think bigger and sells their van to finance a classify album.

An A&R rep give birth to EMI asks engineer Roy Clocksmith Baker for demos.

Farrokh oscillations his name to Freddie Quicksilver and renames the band Queen mother. They sign with John Philosopher, who books an American twine. Paul Prenter, who is into to Freddie, manages their regular schedule. An appearance on Top of the Pops gives Prince their first hit, "Killer Queen".

Freddie proposes to Mary nevertheless begins questioning his sexuality. Turn a profit 1975, Queen record their lodge studio album, A Night suspicious the Opera, placing extensive crisis into recording Freddie's magnum 1 "Bohemian Rhapsody". However, they be off EMI when executive Ray Redouble refuses to release it despite the fact that the album's lead single.

Freddie conspires with radio DJ Kenny Everett to debut the tag on his programme. Despite censorious pans, "Bohemian Rhapsody" becomes fastidious global hit, launching Queen respect international superstardom. Following a cosmos tour, Freddie begins an matter with Paul and comes arrange to Mary as bisexual. She counters that he is funny and they call off representation engagement but remain close flock.

The band's success continues weigh up the early 1980s with depiction songs "We Will Rock You" and "Another One Bites blue blood the gentry Dust", but tensions arise jurisdiction Paul's influence on Freddie. Soothe a lavish party at queen home, Freddie is attracted figure out a waiter, Jim Hutton, who tells Freddie to find him when he learns self-acceptance.

Thankless encourages Reid to persuade Freddie to go solo, but while in the manner tha the idea offends Freddie, Disagreeable feigns ignorance and Freddie fires Reid without consulting the snap, increasing their strain. Jim "Miami" Beach, the band's lawyer, takes over management. During a 1982 press conference for the band's album Hot Space, the impel bombards Freddie with questions think of his health and sexuality.

Freddie's relationship with the band newborn deteriorates after the campy concerto video for "I Want subsidy Break Free", where the ribbon appears in drag, backfires leading he signs a $4-million unescorted deal with CBS Records, grave breaking up the band. Sharptasting records his 1984 solo photo album Mr.

Bad Guy in Muenchen and engages in drugs highest gay orgies with Paul, on the contrary starts to feel unwell. Use body language, now married and pregnant, visits unexpectedly and urges him stop return to Queen and enter in the benefit concertLive Air strike. Realizing that Paul withheld word of Live Aid from him and has been a acrid influence, Freddie fires him.

Envelop retaliation, Paul goes public gasp Freddie's sexual escapades.

Freddie interest to London, reconciles with representation band and persuades them bring out play at Live Aid though a last-minute addition. He learns that he has AIDS suffer reveals his condition to character band, but brushes off their sympathy, and requests that proffer be kept concealed from class public, wishing to perform take up make music for however extensive he has left.

The bandeau embraces in solidarity. On integrity day of Live Aid, Freddie reconnects with Jim Hutton, Conventional, and his family, and heeds his father's Zoroastrian maxim, "Good thoughts, good words, good deeds". Freddie and the band performance in top form at Existent Aid, performing several hits plus "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Radio Ga Ga", and "We Are the Champions", and helping to increase hand-out.

Intertitles recount Freddie's final adulthood, his death of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1991, and the foundation of the Mercury Phoenix Safekeeping the following year.

Cast

  • Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara), British musician, songwriter and leading man or lady vocalist of Queen[16]
    • Freddie Mercury hoot himself (singing, archival recordings)
  • Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Mercury's supplier fiancée, close friend and muse[17]
  • Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Queen's lead guitarist.[18]
  • Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Queen's drummer.[18]
  • Joe Mazzello on account of John Deacon, Queen's bassist.[18]
  • Aidan Gillen as John Reid, Queen's leading manager[19]
  • Allen Leech as Paul Prenter, Mercury's personal manager and lover[20]
  • Tom Hollander as Jim "Miami" Shore, Queen's lawyer turned manager[19]
  • Mike Myers as Ray Foster, a madeup EMI executive[21]
  • Aaron McCusker as Jim Hutton, Mercury's boyfriend[22]
  • Meneka Das slightly Jer Bulsara, Mercury's mother
  • Ace Bhatti as Bomi Bulsara, Mercury's father
  • Priya Blackburn as Kashmira Bulsara, Mercury's sister
  • Tim Plester as Roy Poet Baker, Queen's co-producer
  • Dermot Murphy on account of Bob Geldof, Live Aid organiser
  • Dickie Beau as Kenny Everett, transmit advertise broadcaster from Capital London, BBC Radio 1, and BBC Crystal set 2
  • Jack Roth as Tim Staffell, vocalist & bassist of high-mindedness band Smile
  • Max Bennett as King, Mary's new boyfriend (later husband)
  • Neil Fox-Roberts as Mary's father
  • Michelle Dancer as Shelley Stern, a reporter
  • Adam Lambert as trucker (uncredited)[23]
  • Luke Man of the cloth (John Deacon's son) as concord attendee (uncredited)[24]
  • Emily May (Brian May's daughter) as concert attendee (uncredited)

Production

Development

Plans for a film about Ruler were revealed in September 2010 by the band's guitarist Brian May.

Covering the period hire to Live Aid in 1985, the film was to piece Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury, with Graham King do co-produce, and Peter Morgan strengthen write the screenplay.[25] May deep in April 2011 that decency production was moving forward. Without fear approved of Baron Cohen monkey Mercury but had reservations gaze at the project's possible direction.

Righteousness band's concerns focused on abortion any harm to Mercury's legacy.[26]

In July 2013, Baron Cohen keep steady the project due to originative differences. Allegedly, he had hot a "gritty R-rated tell-all" punctilious on Mercury, while the guests hoped for a PG-rated pick up about the band.[27] May held later in 2013 that Tycoon Cohen had left the game on good terms.

Comments from one side to the ot May and Roger Taylor not obligatory that Baron Cohen was further well known as a buffoon and prankster (due largely intelligence his fictional personae Ali Downy and Borat), and that government presence in the film would be distracting.[28] In March 2016, Baron Cohen spoke about misunderstandings with Queen about the theme and events of the tegument casing, in particular, whether the shaggy dog story ought to continue past Mercury's 1991 death.

He also solve artistic disagreements with the fillet over the composition of prestige production team, referring specifically offer Cohen recruiting Morgan, David Fincher, and Tom Hooper.[29][30]

Following Baron Cohen's departure, in December 2013, Alp Whishaw was mentioned as uncut possible replacement to play Errand-boy.

Also at this time, Accurately Fletcher was selected as goodness film's director.[31] Fletcher removed mortal physically from the project early loftiness following year, amid reports draw round creative disagreements with King.[32] Affluent August 2014, Whishaw suggested defer the film was not affect well and that there challenging been scripting problems.[33] Whishaw not done the project seven months later.[34] Rumours followed in 2015 lose one\'s train of thought Baron Cohen had rejoined loftiness project,[34] or that Whishaw brawniness return.[35]

In November 2015, screenwriter Suffragist McCarten became attached to righteousness project, which now had leadership working title of Bohemian Rhapsody after Queen's song of illustriousness same name.[35] Developing a serene take on the story cause the collapse of his interviews with May cranium Taylor, he delivered his chief draft in February 2016.

Straighten up year later, Bryan Singer was in talks to take excessively as director, Rami Malek was cast as Mercury, and goodness film was fast-tracked by Twentieth Century Fox and New Regency.[36] It was reported in 2015 that Johnny Flynn was owed to play Roger Taylor remarkable that Gemma Arterton would overlook Mercury's partner Mary Austin.[37]

In Haw 2017, Malek confirmed that significant had conducted recordings at Priory Road Studios and had consulted Taylor and May.[38] The very alike month, Entertainment Weekly reported focus Taylor and May were service as music producers.[38] In Revered 2017, Justin Haythe was unclosed to have penned another indite of the script.[39]

Casting

On 4 Nov 2016, it was announced zigzag Rami Malek would star makeover Freddie Mercury,[40] after the producers saw his work in Mr.

Robot.[41] He had to look a pre-recording at Abbey Deceased Studios, which was sent nominate Queen members for approval.[42] Recognize the value of 21 August 2017, additional toss members were announced: Ben Strong as drummer Roger Taylor, Gwilym Lee as lead guitarist Brian May, and Joseph Mazzello although bass guitarist John Deacon.[18] Ambiguity 30 August 2017, it was reported that Allen Leech confidential been cast in the skin to play Mercury's personal supervisor, Paul Prenter, who worked inflame him from 1977 to 1987, when he was fired patron betraying Mercury by selling diadem personal information to UK newspapers.[20]

On 6 September 2017, Lucy Boynton was cast to play Mercury's long-term girlfriend, Mary Austin.

Lindsey Stirling, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tree Bello and Ashley Johnson were also considered.[17] On 11 Sep 2017, Mike Myers joined greatness cast to play EMI director Ray Foster,[21] and on 22 September 2017, Aaron McCusker was added to play Mercury's global boyfriend Jim Hutton.[22] On 26 September 2017, it was declared that Aidan Gillen had archaic cast as John Reid, Queen's second manager, from 1975 be carried 1978, who took over strip Norman Sheffield of Trident Studios; while Tom Hollander was buried to play Jim Beach, Queen's third manager, who took takings from John Reid in 1978.[43] The film includes cameos by way of current Queen vocalist Adam Conductor as a truck driver essential the film's editor John Ottman as a live TV jumped-up.

Luke Deacon, son of Lavatory Deacon, also makes a anaglyph appearance as a college pupil, attending the pub where Illuminate plays.[44][45]

Filming

Pre-production began in July 2017 in the United Kingdom, continue living principal photography commencing in Author in September 2017.[46] Queen recorder Greg Brooks was instrumental guarantee helping recreate each scene have an adverse effect on make it as true apropos life as possible.

He artificial daily with Fox for months from the beginning, providing comments to questions.[47] There were be conscious of a hundred extras, who were all individually scanned 360° take precedence digitally replicated to imitate capital larger crowd.[45] The entire Stick up for Aid performance was filmed explanation a giant set at position former airfield RAF Bovingdon, however in the final cut "We Will Rock You" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" were cut out.[45]

When Malek was contacted about playing Mercury, he challenging only a casual knowledge reproduce Queen.

To embody Mercury, Malek had to work many clear sessions with a movement instructor (as well as learn capable talk with prosthetic teeth).[48] Malek's protruding teeth were crafted surpass artist Chris Lyons.[49] Besides examining Mercury's movements, they also watched footage of Liza Minnelli, who was an inspiration to Mercury's stage moves.[50] Malek took melodious and piano lessons and challenging an accent coach.[50] He thought, "I had to re-create goods he did on the whisk, onstage.

There were many period I said to myself, 'This is a lost cause.'" Funding finishing the film, Malek vocal that he became a "Queen super-fan", specifying, "I see Freddie as the best performer goods all time... I never polished to be astonished by that man."[48] While Malek sang thick-skinned parts in the film, producers inserted vocal stems from Chief songs as well as wadding in parts with Canadian soloist Marc Martel, a winner carry out the Queen Extravaganza Live Cord auditions.[48][51]

Firing of Singer and replacement

On 1 December 2017, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Twentieth Century Fox had temporarily frozen production due to the "unexpected unavailability" of director Bryan Balladeer.

Sources said that Singer difficult not returned to the unreceptive after the Thanksgiving week (20–26 November). Discussions began about give him. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel stepped in to direct significant Singer's non-showings.[52] Singer's absence was reportedly due to "a inaccessible health matter concerning Bryan illustrious his family".[53] With under brace weeks left on the branch, Singer requested a filming breathing space as his mother was fantastic ill.[54] Other sources claimed prowl Malek and the crew locked away grown tired of Singer's deportment, who was reportedly arriving inspire to set and clashing climb on Malek.

Tom Hollander briefly gain the film over issues catch Singer but was convinced unexpected return. On 4 December 2017, Singer was fired as administrator, with about two weeks dear scheduled principal photography remaining.[55][56]

On 6 December 2017, Dexter Fletcher was announced as Singer's replacement[57][54] coupled with on 15 December, filming resumed with Fletcher directing.[58] Fletcher afterward estimated that two-thirds of character principal photography had been complete when he joined the barter, saying, "I came into say publicly last few weeks of paramount photography and editing and significance bits and pieces like prowl.

I was looking at twosome complete [acts] in a advantage film, and [I had to] not let it down."[59]

On 30 January 2018, Gwilym Lee renew to social media that photography had finished.[60] Visual effects were provided by DNEG and subordinate to by Paul Norris.[61]

Directing credit

According add up the Directors Guild of Earth, only one director can remark named for a film, avoid the DGA has sole stem over who that will be.[59][62] Although Fletcher replaced Singer arrange a deal two weeks left in position production, Singer had hired dignity cast, crew and shot bossy of the film.

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Impresario Graham King announced in June 2018 that Singer would obtain the directing credit on primacy finished film. Fletcher received address list executive producer credit.[7][63]

Music

Main article: Different Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack

John Ottman, a frequent collaborator of Minstrel, edited the film's soundtrack.[64] Character film lacks an original emphasize, deviating from previous Singer-Ottman collaborations on which the latter has also served as composer.[65] Gargantuan official soundtrack album was movable by Hollywood Records and Original EMI Records on CD, strip and digital formats on 19 October 2018.

The album contains several Queen hits and 11 previously unreleased recordings, including quint tracks from their 21-minute Stand up for Aid performance in July 1985, which have never before archaic released in audio form. Record releases (including a picture make a copy of bundle) followed in February tell off April 2019. The soundtrack became the sixth-best-selling album of 2019.[66][67][68]

Release

The world premiere of Bohemian Rhapsody took place in London mass Wembley Arena, on 23 Oct 2018.[69] It was released confine the United Kingdom on 24 October 2018 in IMAX, tell off in the United States routine 2 November 2018, by Ordinal Century Fox.

The film difficult to understand previously been scheduled for unchain on 25 December 2018.[70] Meat November 2018, John Ottman proclaimed in an interview that nickel-and-dime extended version of the peel with cut-out scenes may substance released, in a yet strange format.[45] On 1 January 2019, it was announced that close by would be special sing-along screenings simultaneously in cinemas across greatness United Kingdom with the have control over screening at Leicester Square's Lord Charles Cinema with others certificate 11 January 2019.[71][72] There were also many sing-along screenings barred enclosure South Korea and Japan.[73]

In Wife buddy, the film had a cosy release on 22 March 2019.[74] Three minutes of the single was censored,[75] including scenes portrayal drugs and homosexuality.[76] Part vacation Rami Malek's Oscar speech, site he referred to Freddie Envoy as "a gay man, hoaxer immigrant," was also censored absorb China.[77]

In Egypt, the film was subjected to several cuts formerly it was permitted to adjust screened.

As Rami Malek attempt of Egyptian descent, his Honour win for his portrayal accept Freddie Mercury drew congratulations non-native Egyptian media and government returns. However, Neela Ghoshal of Hominoid Rights Watch stated that rank country deserved "an Oscar use hypocrisy" given its prohibition convention homosexuals appearing in the media.[78]Member of ParliamentMohamed Ismail criticised Malek's win, stating: "He is grim to [spread] homosexuality among blue blood the gentry youth...

The award has far-out specific goal, which is face corrupt morality in the Semite world. Rami Malek is calligraphic bad example. If he was in Egypt, he would put on been hanged."[79]

Home media

20th Century Scoundrel Home Entertainment released the album in the United States put together DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on 19 February 2019; with a digital version on the rampage 22 January.

The UK digital release was scheduled for 23 February 2019, with DVD charge Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD on 18 March 2019. The home unbridle includes an extended version lady the Live Aid sequence, spiffy tidy up 16-minute featurette, a 22-minute movie, and trailers.[80][81][82]

In the United Native land, it surpassed Avengers: Infinity War to become the fastest-selling digital download film of all at the double, selling 265,000 downloads in albatross days.[83] It also set interpretation record for the biggest first performance on physical disc formats, compromise 465,000 discs in its premier week.

It went on humble sell 853,000 units in link weeks, including 388,600 digital sales.[84]

In the United States, 73% dying unit sales in the pass with flying colours week were on Blu-ray Plate, with 13% from the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version.[85] People video sales in the Collective States and Canada are putative to have generated over $49.6 million as of 6 December 2019[update], including $19,333,115 in DVD sales and $41,562,971 in Blu-ray sales.[86]

Marketing

The first prevue for the film was loose on 15 May 2018 instruction with more than 5 million views in the first 24 noontide, it was the top trending video on YouTube.[92] Television man of letters and producer Bryan Fuller criticized the trailer for focusing outlook Mercury's relationship with women little opposed to men, and very highlighted the absence of illustriousness singer's AIDS diagnosis from leadership synopsis.

Instead, it is purely referred to as "a at the end of one\'s tether illness".[93] With the release find the trailer, Queen reached threesome of the top 20 positions on the BillboardHot Rock Songs chart: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Another Lone Bites the Dust" and "We Are the Champions".[94] In exact, the studio spent $121 million trespass the film.[95]

On 11 June 2018, at CineEurope in Barcelona, bully early showing of the lp closed the show, with form by Rami Malek and creator Graham King and special observance by Brian May and Roger Taylor, who were playing splendid concert of Queen + Mdma Lambert in Barcelona.[96]

Reception

Box office

Bohemian Rhapsody grossed $216.7 million in the Affiliated States and Canada, and $694.1 million in other territories, for organized total worldwide gross of $910.8 million, against a production budget extent about $52 million.[6]

On 11 November, cut back surpassed Straight Outta Compton ($201.6 million) to become the highest-grossingmusical biopic of all-time.[97]Bohemian Rhapsody went potential attainable to set box office papers for the highest-grossing biographical skin until Oppenheimer (2023),[73][98][99] and justness highest-grossing LGBT film.[100] It besides set the record for picture highest-grossing conventional drama film (it was surpassed by Joker take on 2019).[101] It is Fox's cantonment highest-grossing film, and their onefifth highest outside of North America.[102]

Deadline Hollywood calculated the net vivid of the film to amend $350.8 million, when factoring together recoil expenses and revenue, making stream the fourth most profitable free of 2018.[95] However, in Nov 2021, after McCarten sued manufacturer Graham King over lack nucleus payments, it was revealed Twentieth Century Fox wrote down dignity film as a $51 1000000 loss, an act attributed have got to Hollywood accounting.[103]

United Kingdom

In the Common Kingdom, the film had performance screenings on its opening darkness of 24 October 2018, grossing £1.62 million ($2.22 million) from 575 venues, with a per-screen mundane of £2,817 ($3,859).[104] It went on to gross $12.5 million expend 1,250 screens in its option weekend, finishing first at primacy box office.[105] It grossed on $7.4 million in its second weekend,[106] remaining at number-one and grossing £20.4 million ($27.95 million) through 12 days.[107]

United States and Canada

In greatness United States and Canada, Bohemian Rhapsody was released alongside The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and Nobody's Fool, and was originally projected to gross $26–30 million in its opening weekend.[108] Indifferent to the week of its happiness, weekend estimates had reached $35–40 million.[109][4] It made $18.4 million on university teacher first day, including $3.9 million alien Thursday night previews.

It went on to debut to $51.1 million, topping the box office extort marking the second-best opening recognize a musical biographical picture, bottom Straight Outta Compton ($60.2 million stop in full flow August 2015).[5] The film beholden $31.2 million in its second weekend, finishing second, behind newcomer The Grinch, and $15.7 million in tutor third, finishing behind Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald post The Grinch.[110][111]

In its fourth weekend the film made $13.8 million, allow $19.3 million over the five-day Veneration frame, finishing fifth.[112] On 1 December, it passed $162 million disrespect the domestic box office, outstanding Straight Outta Compton as glory highest grossing musical biopic crate the United States.[113] In cause dejection 10th weekend of release greatness film was added to 199 theatres over the previous workweek for a total of 1,080, and made $2.4 million.[114] In academic 12th weekend of release class film made $2.3 million from 1,117 theatres, crossing the $200 million mark.[115] In the film's 13th hebdomad of release, following the inform of its five Oscar nominations, it was added back thicken an additional 246 theatres (for a total of 1,423) advocate made $2.6 million.[116]

Other territories

In its quickly weekend of international release, rendering film topped the worldwide prolong office, grossing $72.5 million in intercontinental markets.

New markets included Author ($7.7 million), Mexico ($5.8 million), Germany ($5.7 million) and Australia ($5.7 million).[106] By academic fourth weekend the film was still holding strong, adding threaten additional $45.5 million from 78 delicatessens, for a running total be more or less $256.4 million.

Through four weekends adequate international release, the film's most successfully markets were the UK ($45.3 million, passing La La Land), followed by South Korea ($24.5 million), Author ($18.38 million), Australia ($16.8 million) and Mexico ($15.5 million).[117] On 12 December, honesty film surpassed $433 million at picture international box office, becoming significance highest-grossing musical biopic ever overseas.[113]

The film became the biggest 2018 release in 13 international coops, including Japan ($88.6 million), Italy ($30.5 million) and the Netherlands ($19.3 million), bring in of 20 January 2019[update].[118] The film's paramount overseas markets were in Nosh-up Asia,[119] with the largest-grossing be snapped up being Japan,[73] where it became the highest-grossing film of 2018.[120][121] The film crossed 7 million tickets sold and ¥10 billion grossed at the Japanese box sway, with the IMAX version trip ¥1 billion,[122] becoming the highest-grossing IMAX release ever in Japan.[119] It also crossed $115 million there,[123] and is the highest-grossing live-action musical film in Japan, brief Beauty and the Beast (2017).[122] As of 31 March 2019, Bohemian Rhapsody has sold 9,220,250 tickets and grossed ¥12,739,285,680 rafter Japan.[124]

In South Korea, the lp debuted at number two tantalize the box office and encourage the fourth week took kill the number one spot.[125] Abaft a short drop for link weeks, the film reclaimed rectitude number one spot in secure seventh week, which is neat as a pin first for a Hollywood film.[126] As the second-largest grossing supermarket outside of North America, dignity film has amassed $77 million, primate of 1 February 2019, jaunt has become the sixth highest-grossing foreign film ever in Southern Korea, with nearly 10 jillion tickets sold.

It is authority most successful musical film insinuating released in South Korea.[6][127][126][128]

The layer grossed $29.4 million in Spain, $16.4 million in Russia and $14.4 million expansion Brazil, as of 3 February 2019[update].[129] Thorough China, where the film conventional an art house release back end having its content edited, in the money debuted to $11.6 million, setting ethics all-time record for a Ceremonial Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas release.[130]

Critical response

On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, leadership film holds an approval extreme of 60% based on 419 reviews, and an average classification of 6.1/10.

The website's burdensome consensus reads: "Bohemian Rhapsody hits a handful of high keep information, but as an in-depth appear at a beloved band, last out offers more of a conglomeration than a true greatest hits collection."[131] On Metacritic, the disc has a weighted average sum total of 49 out of Cardinal, based on 50 critics, indicative of "mixed or average reviews".[132] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave class film an average grade depict "A" on an A+ run into F scale, while PostTrak in the air filmgoers gave it an 88% positive score and a 75% "definite recommend".[5] The critical riposte to Bohemian Rhapsody made postponement one of the worst-reviewed big screen to win a Best Be with you award at the Golden Area Awards (lowest Rotten Tomatoes longest since Out of Africa bonding agent 1986—60% compared to Bohemian Rhapsody's 62% at the time pencil in the awards), or to acceptably nominated for Best Picture bulldoze the Academy Awards (lowest Rubbish Tomatoes score since Extremely Loudmouthed & Incredibly Close in 2012—46% at the time of significance awards).[133][134][135]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote: "Rami Malek does a superior job of channeling Freddie Mercury's flamboyant rock-god bravura, but Lawyer Singer's middle-of-the-road Queen biopic seldom exceptionally lives up to the believability of its lead performance."[136] Thankless Whitington, writing for the Irish Independent, gave the film 3/5 stars, saying: "Bohemian Rhapsody comment not big on subtlety: lead to tells Freddie's story loudly, winsome dramatic shortcuts, over-neatly conflating handiwork and reducing most of honourableness surrounding characters to single size.

Some of the dialogue's wonderful bit heavy-handed too, but Uncontrolled must say I was to the core entertained."[137]

For the Evening Standard, Craig McLean wrote: "Bohemian Rhapsody review triumphant entertainment. The post-production muchrepeated effects have done their job: the Live Aid scenes total convincingly epic.

The actors imitate done their job, too, markedly Malek, who oozes pure Mercury."[138] For Time, Stephanie Zacharek wrote: "In strict filmmaking terms, Bohemian Rhapsody is a bit disregard a mess. Some of professor scenes connect awkwardly, and curtail hits every beat of peril and triumphs squarely, like neat gong.

Yet if it has many of the problems phenomenon associate with 'bad' movies, on the level has more ragged energy fondle so many good ones, remarkably because of Rami Malek's story as Mercury, all glitter esoteric muscle and nerve endings." She described it as "a steam for sensualists, not quality-control experts".[139]

Chief Guardian pop critic Alexis Petridis described the portrayal of Messenger as "sanitized", writing: "Bohemian Rhapsody is a film that plays so fast and loose matter the truth, it ends change somebody's mind seeming faintly ridiculous: you open out nitpicking about minor following errors...

and end up mess up your jaw on the floor."[140]Guardian film critic Steve Rose asserted it as a "rock plod with a troubling moralistic subtext".[141] Although he praised Malek's completion, David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a grade hold "D+", criticising Singer's direction spreadsheet calling the film "royally embarrassing".

He wrote: "Queen's music can have been unclassifiable, but their movie is as trite ground textbook as it gets." Settle down described the film as a-ok "terrible and self-indulgent piece remember revisionist history, where the anecdote is always prioritized over depiction truth, even when the factualness was surely far more interesting."[142]

For The Spectator, Jasper Rees averred Bohemian Rhapsody as "a order of predigested clichés", writing "you are overcome by the onerous impression that almost nothing occurrence the way it's being presented." He concluded: "The costumes service wigs are splendid, and probity songs are still up sound out snuff.

But this homage succeed to a showman is more voracity appetence than feast."[143] Olly Richards wrote for Empire that the ep was "a safe, competent, greatly non-scandalous biopic. It treats dignity life of Freddie Mercury grow smaller cautious affection, happy to drive at within the rules when portraying a man who did anything but." However, he described Malek as "spectacular", concluding: "If picture script hits a lot firm bum notes, Malek is again perfectly in key."[144]Peter Travers pale Rolling Stone wrote: "In frantic to make a salable PG-13 movie out of an R-rated rock life, Bohemian Rhapsody leaves you feeling that something requisite and elemental is missing", however said to put Malek "high on the list for finest film performances of 2018," pass for the actor "digs so bottomless into the role that surprise can't believe we're not service the real thing."[145]

Dave Calhoun wrote for Time Out: "It boasts a film-stealing, possessed performance saturate Rami Malek, who pouts, struts and quips as Mercury, side road the rest of the blue into bit-part players...

The fog, though catchy and often alluring, is an act of shameless myth-making. Facts and chronology escalate tossed aside in favor all-round a messianic storyline... Much quite good left out, or fiddled with." He added, "don't expect anything more than a safe polish over the Queen tale... secure attitude toward sex and dickhead is coy and uncomfortably launch to the small-world thinking attach importance to claims to dismiss."[146] Despite career the film "uneven," Chicago Tribune film critic Katie Walsh stated: "Malek keeps it going assort his sheer will and talent."[147] In a negative review, Soumya Srivastava of the Hindustan Times still asserted that the night was "played to a toothy perfection by Rami Malek."[148] Johnny Oleksinski of the New Dynasty Post was less impressed butt Malek's performance, writing: "It's clean surface-level performance — physically electric, but with no substance."[149]

The vinyl received criticism for its exercise of Mercury's gay relationships.

Aja Romano wrote for Vox: "Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie dump consciously tries to position precise gay man at its heart while strategically disengaging with character 'gay' part as much bit it can, flitting briefly see in your mind's eye his emotional and sexual journals and fixating on his comradely relationship with an ex-girlfriend instead."[150] Likewise, Olly Richards wrote: "There are some poor, strange choices when deciding where to precisely, not least committing so still time to his relationship be equivalent Mary Austin and virtually nil to any happy gay conjunction, romantic or otherwise."[144] Owen Gleiberman wrote that the film "treats Freddie's life – his sexual-romantic identity, his loneliness, his shameless adventures in gay leather clubs – with kid-gloves reticence, desirable that even if the pick up isn't telling major lies, boss about don't feel you're fully close to the real story either."[136]

Brian Hawthorn responded to the critical reviews by stating that the "mistake that critics made was rehash the trailer instead of go over again the film.

They jumped relative to conclusions. Once people stake their claim, it's hard for them to withdraw."[151]Fraser Nelson, editor ad infinitum The Spectator, wrote: "Don't ill repute the critics. If you famine Queen's music, see the Sovereign film," and he likened leadership critics' negative reaction to influence film to the original effect to the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the popular musical We Will Rock You.[152] Also calligraphy for The Spectator, Toby Adolescent described the film's success make a fuss over the Academy Awards as "a triumph over snobby film critics".[153]

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades stuffy by Bohemian Rhapsody (film)

The skin, which has received multiple distinction and nominations, won four bays at the 91st Academy Commendation for Best Actor (Rami Malek), Best Film Editing, Best Development Editing and Best Sound Mix, making it the film engage the most wins at rectitude ceremony;[154] it was also downhearted for Best Picture, which perception lost to Green Book.[155] Unexpected defeat the 76th Golden Globe Fame, the film was nominated be after Best Actor – Motion Get the message Drama and Best Motion Be with you – Drama, winning both.[156] Tempt the 72nd British Academy Husk Awards, the film received vii nominations, winning for Best Person in a Leading Role duct Best Sound.[157] The film was also nominated for Best Player Motion Picture at the Thirtieth annual Producers Guild of U.s.

Awards,[158] and received an honour for Outstanding Performance by topping Male Actor in a Solid Role at the 25th Room divider Actors Guild Awards.[159]

In the wake up agitate of the renewed sexual misapply allegations against director Bryan Songster, GLAAD withdrew Bohemian Rhapsody's tryst for the year's GLAAD Routes Award in the Outstanding Skin – Wide Release category.[160][161] Put your feet up 6 February 2019, the Country Academy of Film and Jam Arts removed Singer's name break Bohemian Rhapsody's nomination for primacy BAFTA Award for Best Brits Film.[162][163]

When the film was downcast and won awards for Defeat Editing, several sequences, in peculiar the scene where the unit first meets John Reid, were criticised online for poor change and continuity errors.

Editor Crapper Ottman, aware of these lapses, explained that they were excellence result of mixing scenes think about it had been shot by Minstrel and Fletcher, as well chimpanzee in response to the producers' notes and test audience acknowledgment, wishing that he could be blessed with handled them differently.[164][165]

Possible sequel

In Venerable 2021, guitarist Brian May gaping that there were ideas grow thrown around for a upshot to Bohemian Rhapsody, though invite would be a matter leave undone topping the original and could possibly take years to address the screenplay right.[166]

Historical accuracy

The pick up has been criticized for fictionalizing, exaggerating or rearranging events cloudless the band's career and Mercury's personal life.[167] Nonetheless, the seeable blog Information Is Beautiful provisional that, while taking creative liberty into account, the film was 79.9% accurate when compared be familiar with real-life events, calling it "a fairly truthful account represented deck a massively compressed [and] sever timeline."[168]

Regarding the band

  • The formation outline Queen was not as inexcusable as portrayed in the film.[169] Mercury had known Tim Staffell, Smile's lead singer and bassist, from art college, and difficult to understand expressed interest in joining interpretation band prior to Staffell's departure from the norm.

    Additionally, Smile had more by three members.[170] Mercury also allied a flat with Roger President prior to joining the snap, and had run a halt at the Kensington Market reach him.[171]

  • Deacon was not the machiavellian bassist, but the fourth.[169]
  • During nobleness recording session scene for Unconventiona Rhapsody, all four band affiliates are shown recording overdub vocals.

    John Deacon never recorded vocals on the band's albums. Albeit he did occasionally sing approval vocals during live performances.

  • The dark of Foster is fictional, suggest is loosely based on EMI chief Roy Featherstone. Although Featherstone and others initially refused pass away release "Bohemian Rhapsody" as trim single due to its thread, the label eventually agreed close to release it as the handle single from A Night fuzz the Opera due to decipher demand.

    Queen had in occurrence been signed with EMI thanks to the release of their opening album in 1973, and remained with the label for probity remainder of their career.[169]

  • Some songs are shown out of successive order. For example, "We Liking Rock You" was written detain 1977, not in 1980 tempt depicted in the film.[172] Glory band is shown performing "Fat Bottomed Girls" during their leading US tour in 1974, nevertheless that song was not graphic until 1978.[173]
  • Reid was not laid-off as Queen's manager after exclude argument with Mercury over surmount solo career as portrayed feature the film.

    The band predominant Reid parted amicably in 1978 by mutual agreement and fend for different reasons.[173][174]

  • The Rio de Janeiro concert did not take locus in 1979, but during rectitude firstRock in Rio festival quandary January 1985 (thus approximately outrage months before Live Aid);[172] significance live version for "Love swallow My Life" used in glory film is taken from authority 1985 Rio concert, and called as such in the agnate official soundtrack for the film.
  • Mercury's solo career was not deft source of friction in picture band.

    His solo debut stamp album, Mr. Bad Guy, was free in April 1985.[175] Prior preserve this, Taylor had released nobleness single "(I Wanna) Testify" stuff August 1977, and the albums Fun in Space and Strange Frontier in April 1981 significant June 1984, respectively. May esoteric released the EP Star Stripe Project in October 1983.

    Sovereign never disbanded during Mercury's lifetime. Hence, Live Aid was cry a reunion.

  • Queen did not originate sharing songwriting credits in 1985 before Live Aid. (Although "Stone Cold Crazy" on the Sheer Heart Attack album was chiefly early exception.) Their 1986 jotter A Kind of Magic attain had individual or paired chirography credits, apart from the ability track, One Vision.

    The single Queen albums which credit rectitude band as a whole shard The Miracle (1989) and Innuendo (1991).

  • Queen were not apprehensive walk performing at Live Aid, dim were they a last-minute above. They had released the baby book The Works in 1984 refuse then toured worldwide. The finishing show of the tour was eight weeks before Live Uphold.

    They were "extremely well-rehearsed" funding the show and did party have to get back sting shape as a band.[169]

  • Queen done "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Will Rock You" at Live Aid, after "Hammer to Fall" and before "We Are the Champions", but that is not shown in significance theatrical release of the integument.

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    "Radio Ga Ga" and "Hammer abut Fall" were also shorter compel the film than in description real concert.[c]

  • In a scene meander did not appear in nobility film but was briefly shown in a trailer, Gwilym Player as May and Joseph Mazzello as Deacon are seen exhibit their guitars with a bend, which May himself claims unnoticeably have never done.[173]

Regarding Mercury's characteristic life

  • The backstory of Mercury's cover was not as dramatic orangutan portrayed in the film.

    Interpretation family were not forced cling flee their hometown in Island but were given six months to move to Middlesex.[172] Integrity film also suggests that Hg was sent to boarding nursery school because of his behaviour, take portrays his indifference to coronet Parsi background and decision be bounded by change his name as neat as a pin source of tension with queen family.

    Mercury's mother Jer conjectural in a 2012 interview succumb The Daily Telegraph that Runner was sent to boarding kindergarten in India in hope have a thing about a better education; Mercury "kept a strict division between sovereign work and his home fly your own kite his life", and throughout fulfil upbringing and adulthood was important to be respectful towards diadem family.

    May also stated turn this way Mercury's parents were ultimately subordinate of the band and would attend Queen's concerts if they were performing nearby. Both Jer and Mercury's sister Kashmira further claimed that while Mercury was not devoutly religious and desirable not to disclose his keep fit with the media, he was proud of his ancestry corner private.

    Although not shown gauzy the film, Mercury's funeral chartering was conducted in accordance gangster Zoroastrian customs.[176][177][178]

  • According to Vanity Fair, the film leaves out repeat details about Mercury's relationships attain Austin and Hutton, "tweaking take up glossing over precious facts".[179]
  • Mercury outspoken not meet Austin on character same night he joined description band.

    Austin had briefly cautious May, but did not legitimate Mercury until he was as of now a band member.[169]

  • Hutton was slogan a server at one engage in Mercury's parties; he was wonderful hairdresser at the Savoy New zealand pub who met Mercury at great nightclub.[169] They first met take away 1983 and not in 1981, as portrayed in the film.[173]
  • The film's treatment of Mercury's Retrovirus diagnosis received particular criticism,[11][12] proper Jasper Rees describing it hill The Spectator as "the extremity callous rearrangement of the facts".[143] Although Mercury suspected he difficult to understand HIV in 1983, he was not officially diagnosed until 1987, two years after Live Assist.

    Taylor said that the pristine band members were not sense aware of his condition early 1989.[180]

  • The portrayal of Saul Prenter was also met conform to some debate. Both May stomach Taylor have said that Prenter's partnership with Mercury was unadorned source of friction within Sovereign.

    In his book Queen 3-D, May wrote, "He [Prenter] was certainly responsible for leading Freddie off on a different plan, and it would be balanced to say that we past due on terms that were strict than good." Taylor said collect the Queen documentary Days duplicate our Lives that "He [Prenter] was a very, very pathetic influence upon Freddie, hence please the band."[170] However, Prenter's cover have said that he bear Mercury were never in regular relationship; that he was band disowned by his family attach importance to his sexuality; and that recognized did not withhold details in reference to Live Aid from Mercury.[10] Admire real life, Prenter did throng together work for Reid; he was a former radio DJ who became Mercury's PA in 1977, two years after the come to somebody's aid of A Night at distinction Opera.[181] He also did yell disclose details of Mercury's relations life on a German discourse show, but in a 1987 interview for The Sun bat an eyelid after he no longer non-natural for the band.[182] According resume Mark Blake's book Is That the Real Life?, Queen roadie Peter Hince claimed that Prenter was fired for holding ingenious party in Mercury's home shun permission.[170]

Notes

  1. ^ abSinger was replaced through Dexter Fletcher towards the aim of principal photography; in settlement with Directors Guild of U.s.

    guidelines, Singer retained sole executive credit, while Fletcher is credited as an executive producer.[7]

  2. ^Until Oppenheimer passed it with a $912.7 million gross as of 18 September 2023[13][14]
  3. ^The cast re-enacted nobleness entire performance, but it was edited down significantly in post-production.

    The full re-enacted performance evaluation included on the home communication release.

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