The Elephant Man

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Popular Love
51
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True Feel
75
Cult Favourite
29
Rising
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Recommend
100
Reach Meter
72
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1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
The Elephant Man
Original title
The Elephant Man
Country
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Language
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Territory
Global
Release & Format
Format
feature_film
Release status
released
Release date
10/9/1980
Duration (min)
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Creator
David LynchDirector
David LynchWriter
Christopher De VoreWriter
Eric BergrenWriter
Network
BrooksfilmsStudio

2Content

Synopsis

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Tags & Format

Themes

drama

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Content format
scripted_series
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3Commercial Metrics

Box Office
Box office
$26.0M
Currency
USD
Original
$5.0M
Revenue
Total revenue
$26.0M
Revenue tier
mid
Awards
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Sales & Streams
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Revenue tier
mid

4Audience Intelligence

reddit
Score
93.7
Score count
336
Rank
207
Audience size
2,792,214
Last updated
6/11/2026
tmdb
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Last updated
6/17/2026

5Industry Links

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TVDB

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TMDB movie/1955

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6Community Sentiment

How people are talking about this IP — each row is a different signal: reviews, ratings or comments from one source.

Positive ≥0.6Mixed 0.4–0.6Negative <0.4
Rotten Tomatoesbased on community signals
Very Positive0.80
TVmazebased on TV airing & listing status
Mixed0.50
How sentiment scores are calculated