Mrs. Henderson Presents
The show must go on, but the clothes must come off.
Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby.After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money.Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Worldwide
- $28M
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Cast
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Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add risqué burlesque acts similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
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Box Office & Release
Mrs. Henderson Presents returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $28M
- Release date
- Sep 8, 2005
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- Country
- United Kingdom
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