Excalibur (film)
"Excalibur" was the number one film during its opening weekend of 10–12 April 1981, eventually earning $34,967,437 in the United States. , it currently has a 78% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews.
Elizabeth (film)
"Elizabeth" premiered in September 1998 at the Venice Film Festival; it was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. It premiered in London on 2 October 1998 and it premiered in the United States on 13 October 1998. It opened in the United Kingdom on 23 October 1998 and opened in limited release in the United States in nine cinemas on 6 November 1998, grossing $275,131. Its widest release in the United States and Canada was in 624 cinemas, and its largest weekend gross throughout its run in cinemas in the US and Canada was $3.9 million in 516 cinemas, ranking No.9 at the box office. "Elizabeth" went on to gross $30 million in the United States and Canada, and a total of $82.1 million worldwide.
also directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I and Geoffrey Rush as Francis Walsingham, deals with latter part of Elizabeth's reign and another love interest that was not to come to fruition (Walter Raleigh).