Bob Marley: One Love Trivia | 45 facts about the musical biopic

“Bob Marley: One Love” is biographical musical film based on the life of the legendary musician.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Bob Marley: One Love is a 2024 American biographical musical drama film
2. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
3. Green co-wrote the screenplay with Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, and Zach Baylin
4. From a story by Winter and Flowers
5. It is based on the life of reggae singer and songwriter Bob Marley
6. The film follows him from his rise to fame in the mid-1970s up until his death in 1981
7. The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley
8. Alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, and James Norton as Chris Blackwell
9. Bob Marley: One Love premiered at the Carib 5 in Kingston, Jamaica on January 23, 2024
10. The film was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on February 14, 2024
11. It received mixed reviews from critics
12. Bob Marley: One Love received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Ben-Adir’s performance but felt the film was “too safe” as a biopic
13. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 43% rating
14. Based on 141 critics’ reviews
15. With an average rating of 5.3/10
16. The website’s consensus reads: “Kingsley Ben-Adir does an admirable job in the central role, but Bob Marley: One Love is ultimately a standard biopic that doesn’t do justice to its brilliant subject”
17. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100
18. Based on 34 critics
19. Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
20. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale
21. While those polled at PostTrak gave it a 91% positive score
22. With 80% saying they would definitely recommend the film
23. As of February 16, 2024, Bob Marley: One Love has grossed $25.3 million in the United States and Canada
24. And $5.4 million in other territories
25. For a worldwide total of $30.8 million
26. In the United States and Canada, One Love was released alongside Madame Web
27. It was initially projected to gross $30 – 35 million from 3,536 theaters over its six-day opening frame
28. The film made $14 million on its first day, a Valentine’s Day midweek record
29. Surpassing The Vow’s $11.5 million in 2012
30. It made $3.8 million on its second
31. After making $7.5 million on Friday, six-day estimates were raised to $46 million
32. In June 2018, it was announced that Paramount Pictures was developing a biographical drama film based on the life of singer and songwriter Bob Marley
33. With Marley’s son Ziggy Marley serving as a producer
34. In March 2021, Reinaldo Marcus Green had been hired to direct, with Zach Baylin (who wrote Green’s 2021 film King Richard), Frank E. Flowers, and Terence Winter writing the screenplay
35. In February 2022, Kingsley Ben-Adir was cast as the titular character, after an extensive, yearlong and globe-spanning search by the studio
36. In August, Lashana Lynch had joined the cast playing as Bob’s wife Rita Marley
37. In February 2023, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall, James Norton and Anthony Welsh had joined the cast
38. Principal photography began in December 2022 in London and Jamaica
39. It wrapped in April 2023
40. The film’s title, Bob Marley: One Love, was announced by producer Ziggy Marley at CinemaCon that same month
41. In October 2023, it was reported that Kris Bowers had composed the film’s score
42. After working with Green on Monsters and Men (2018) and King Richard
43. On January 26, 2024, American country singer Kacey Musgraves released a cover of the Wailers’ “Three Little Birds” (1977)
44. It was a part of the film’s soundtrack
45. The soundtrack EP of the film was released on February 14, 2024, by Island Records and Tuff Gong