King of the Hill
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
King of the Hill
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Budget $8,000,000
Revenue $1,214,231
Net Return -$6,785,769
Performance 0.15x budget
Net Loss0x 1.0x (Budget) 2.5x (Est. Break-even)
* Movies typically require ~2.5x budget in ticket sales to cover marketing and theater splits.
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Language English
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