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Name: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2006
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan

2006 • NR • 2h 7m • Drama, War • IFC First Take

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

🍅 90% 87%

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$76K

Limited · 9 theaters

Domestic total

$1.83M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.17M

$23.34M international

Domestic legs12.6x from $145K biggest weekend

Budget$8.30M

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Cast & crew

Directed byKen Loach ScreenplayPaul Laverty Produced byGerardo Herrero, Rebecca O'Brien, Redmond Morris CinematographyBarry Ackroyd MusicGeorge Fenton Prod. DesignFergus Clegg StarringCillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy StudioIFC First Take

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 16-18 44 $76.2K — 9 $8,466 $76.2K

2 Mar 23-25 40 $83.6K +9.7% 14 $5,969 $196.6K

3 Mar 30-Apr 1 31 $122.9K +47.0% 38 $3,234 $546.7K

4 Apr 6-8 30 $145.5K +18.4% 39 $3,730 $750.7K

5 Apr 13-15 31 $140.2K −3.6% 44 $3,186 $950.9K

6 Apr 20-22 40 $83.3K −40.6% 43 $1,938 $1.1M

7 Apr 27-29 40 $96.7K +16.0% 44 $2,198 $1.2M

8 May 4-6 37 $79.2K −18.1% 47 $1,685 $1.3M

9 May 11-13 43 $68.6K −13.4% 44 $1,560 $1.4M

10 May 18-20 42 $66.7K −2.8% 49 $1,362 $1.5M

11 May 25-27 38 $49.7K −25.5% 39 $1,274 $1.6M

12 Jun 1-3 50 $26.4K −46.9% 30 $879 $1.7M

13 Jun 8-10 49 $29.5K +11.7% 42 $702 $1.7M

14 Jun 15-17 49 $24.4K −17.1% 33 $740 $1.8M

15 Jun 22-24 58 $13.6K −44.2% 19 $717 $1.8M

16 Jun 29-Jul 1 58 $6.2K −54.3% 12 $519 $1.8M

17 Jul 6-8 65 $5.3K −14.6% 11 $484 $1.8M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $66.7K

$76.2K

$83.6K

$122.9K

$145.5K

$140.2K

$83.3K

$96.7K

$79.2K

$68.6K

$66.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.8%

+9.7%

W1→2

+47.0%

W2→3

+18.4%

W3→4

−3.6%

W4→5

−40.6%

W5→6

+16.0%

W6→7

−18.1%

W7→8

−13.4%

W8→9

−2.8%

W9→10

Steepest −40.6%Biggest gain +47.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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