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My Left Foot

1989 • R • 1h 43m • Biography, Drama • Miramax

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

🍅 98% 92% MC 97 LB 3.94 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$41.2K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$14.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$14.7M
Domestic only
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Cast & Crew

Directed byJim Sheridan ScreenplayShane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan Produced byNoel Pearson CinematographyJack Conroy Music byElmer Bernstein StarringDaniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Alison Whelan StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 10-12 22 $41.2K — 2 $20,582 $41.2K
14 Feb 9-11 20 $203.5K — 50 $4,069 —
15 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 19 $676.8K — 98 $6,906 $3.4M
16 Feb 23-25 13 $907.6K — 279 $3,253 $4.4M
17 Mar 2-4 12 $1.0M +13.2% 397 $2,587 $5.8M
18 Mar 9-11 13 $728.0K −29.1% 352 $2,068 $6.8M
19 Mar 16-18 15 $701.0K −3.7% 331 $2,117 $7.8M
20 Mar 23-25 14 $800.5K +14.2% 404 $1,981 $8.8M
21 Mar 30-Apr 1 10 $1.1M +40.2% 510 $2,200 $10.3M
22 Apr 6-8 13 $802.4K −28.5% 430 $1,866 $11.5M

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