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Queen are making £100,000 a day from ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ biopic
Queen are reportedly making over £100,000 a day from Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.The film, which came out in 2018 and divided fans and critics, documented the late frontman’s journey from childhood through to joining the band and later starting a solo career.Bohemian Rhapsody has made over $900million (£654m) at the box office at the time of writing, and according to new accounts from Customs House, the band – Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon – and Mercury’s estate, are seeing a big chunk of that money.As Music News report, in the year before the blockbuster’s release, the band filed profits of £11.8m pre-tax, with a turnover of £21.9m.Following the film’s release, though, Queen Productions registered a turnover of £42m