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Historical drama ‘Downton Abbey’s sequel ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’, recently released in the USA, and same as ‘Downton Abbey (2019)’, ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ has also received mostly positive reviews from critics and audience, and apart from reviews, ‘Downton Abbey 2’ has also performed well at the box office in the USA, but if compare box office performance with the first part, then ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is not too well against first part.

Is Downton Abbey A New Era Hit Or Flop?

‘Downton Abbey’s sequel ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’, released in the USA on 20 May 2022 in more than 3800 theaters, collected $7.38 million on its opening day and $16 million on its opening weekend in North America. Overall, ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ has so far collected $43.89 million in North America, $48.33 million Overseas (incl. $18.05 million in the UK), and has a total grossed $92.23 million worldwide^[1] against a $40 million budget.

‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ opened well at the box office, and without any doubt, compared to its average budget, ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’s so far box office is well, and critics expect ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ will collect $125 million lifetime at the Worldwide box office, which is quite well expectations for this average low budget film. Overall, talking about the verdict, then, critics consider ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is a Hit film at the box office.

‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’s box office looks pretty good, but if we compare this with the first part, then ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ has not done anything special at the box office. ‘Downton Abbey (2019)’ started with $13 million on the first day and $31 million on the opening weekend, and a lifetime gross of $194 million worldwide, while ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is not even close to it.

Talking about the critical response, then ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era‘ received a 7.5/10* IMDb rating based on 16k votes, and on Rotten Tomatoes, it is scored 86/100% based on 192 reviews. 

‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’

‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is directed by Simon Curtis and stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, and Michelle Dockery. The film was produced under the production banners of Carnival Films and distributed by Focus Features (United States) and Universal Pictures (International). It is based on the British television series ‘Downton Abbey’ by Julian Fellowes, who’s also written the film.

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