Rock band Queen have made almost £200 million from the success of their biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, since the award-winning film was released four years ago.
New figures show that the 2018 film - which won four Oscars and two BAFTAs, as well as a number of other prestigious accolades upon release - generated £39.2 million last year.
This brings revenues for Queen Productions Ltd to £194.5 million. The firm is owned equally by surviving members Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and the late Freddie Mercury 's estate. They have shared £70.2 million in payouts.
Lockdown streaming of the film - whose cast was led by Rami Malek in his acclaimed performance as Mercury, who died in 1991 - is believed to have kept the money rolling in.
Bohemian Rhapsody follows the birth of the iconic band through to their legendary appearance at Live Aid, with the film having been a huge success at the box office in 2018.
It went on to be the best-selling DVD of the following year and the titular song itself is the most streamed song of the 20th century, being listened to nearly two billion times.
And it's understood that during the Covid-19 lockdown viewers flocked to platforms such as Amazon Prime to download the biographical film, which centred on Mercury.
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There's been speculation over a possible sequel, with guitarist May stating last year that the band were considering one, though he said the first film would be "hard to follow".
The film had starred Malek alongside Gwilym Lee as May, Ben Hardy as Taylor and Joe Mazzello as Deacon. The cast also included Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin.
Speaking about the response to Bohemian Rhapsody in 2019, May told Deadline that he was "astounded" by the "outpourings of positive emotion" from audiences globally.
He further commented: "People are deeply moved, to laugh, and cry, and they get inspired [...] and to keep coming back and back to experience the journey again and again."
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