Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie the course of filming. In April 2016, Fox and the BBC confirmed a list of 60 cameos, most of which had not yet been announced, that would be featured in the film. They include: About 90 drag queens appeared in the film, including Daniel Lismore and Charlie Hides. Saunders wrote and starred in "Absolutely Fabulous", a British television sitcom for the BBC which originally ran for three series from 1992 to 1995, with intermittent additional series and specials through 2012. "Absolutely Fabulous" features the champagne-fueled duo of "international PR guru" Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and "sex-crazed magazine editor" Patsy Stone (Lumley).
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie July 2016 and was released in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD on 5 December 2016. , "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie" has grossed $37.9 million worldwide, including $19.5 million in the United Kingdom, $4.7 million in the United States, under very limited release, and $6.2 million in Australia. It was also released in Finland, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 62% based on 117 reviews; the average rating is 5.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie" picks up pretty much where