A Knight's Tale
He will rock you.
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament.Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
- Director
- Brian Helgeland
- Worldwide
- $117M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
The numbers
Box Office & Release
A Knight's Tale returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $117M
- Release date
- May 11, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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