The Woman King (2022)
96%RT Audience Score: 99%
Awards & Nominations: NA
All hail Viola Davis! The Woman King rules.
With a fantastic cast and an action-packed story that also manages to be meaningful, The Woman King makes it reign.
Production Company(ies)
Entertainment One, Izo, JuVee Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tristar Pictures
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
South Africa
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 15m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2022 Wide
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, written by Dana Stevens, action, adventure, history, drama, war, PG-13, Cathy Schulman, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Maria Bello, box office $19.1M, reviewed by Dwight Brown, tt stern-enzi, Christy Lemire, Lindsey Bahr, Dylan Roth, James Berardinelli, Erik Childress, Joe Friar, Sandie Angulo Chen, Melanie Fischer, Rich Cline
Worldwide gross: $97,250,903
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $92,272,486
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,051
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 10,062,430
US/Canada gross: $67,328,130
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,172,486
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 935
US/Canada opening weekend: $19,051,442
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $19,051,442
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 680
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $50,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $50,000,000
Production budget ranking: 772
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $26,925,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $15,347,486
ROI to date (est.): 20%
ROI ranking: 1,290
Thuso Mbedu – Nawi
Lashana Lynch – Izogie
Sheila Atim – Amenza
Hero Fiennes Tiffin – Santo Ferreira
John Boyega – King Ghezo
Director(s)
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer(s)
Dana Stevens
Producer(s)
Cathy Schulman, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Maria Bello
Film Festivals
Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (156) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (148) | Rotten (8)
A huge spectacle… African in nature but universal in its depiction of greed, suppression and tyranny. A deft team of female artists have masterfully created a feminist allegory that will excite and inform movie lovers for years to come.
September 21, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Dwight Brown
DwightBrownInk.com
TOP CRITIC
There’s a lot going on in here… you want more time in this world. It’s not completely brisk, but it feels like there’s something else missing.
September 20, 2022 | Rating: B
tt stern-enzi
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
TOP CRITIC
There is such muscularity, athleticism, and ballet [to the choreography]. It is just great.
September 19, 2022
Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who cannot be pigeonholed, the film is a throwback of sorts to the big, exciting, emotional warrior epics that used to be all too common at the multiplex, with the twist that it’s women not men driving the action.
September 19, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Lindsey Bahr
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
It’s a well-crafted big screen event movie that stands out from this year’s pack of blockbusters for its context, if not for its content. And, frankly, that’s more than enough.
September 19, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Dylan Roth
Observer
TOP CRITIC
A rousing motion picture filled with well-choreographed battle scenes effectively folded into stories of human interest.
September 18, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
The cast is uniformly strong and the action scenes make fine use of its sound and editing to mask its PG-13 trappings
September 22, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Erik Childress
Movie Madness Podcast
There’s no doubt that Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic derives its strength from the terrific cast. Viola Davis is a tour de force but with so many good performances, this is an ensemble piece whose strength lies in numbers.
September 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Joe Friar
Fort Worth Report
If you had any doubt that women over 55 can be fierce warriors, seeing Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once and now Davis in The Woman King should disabuse you of that uncertainty.
September 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
The Woman King at once feels like a pleasantly nostalgic throwback to a bygone era where historical epics reigned supreme and a bold step in an exciting new direction.
September 22, 2022
Melanie Fischer
Pajiba
This movie’s true strength is in what says about the importance of female power today.
September 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
All you need to know about The Woman King: There’s Viola Davis, buff as an Olympian, a blood-stained panga machete slung over her shoulder, and an expression on her face that says, “Who’s next?”
September 21, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Bill Newcott
The Saturday Evening Post…
Plot
Tells the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. General Nanisca trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Inspired by true events.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Viola Davis, who plays General Nanisca in The Woman King, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Fences (2016).
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