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Trainspotting

1996 R 1h 33m Black Comedy, Drama Miramax

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Trainspotting Box Office

Opening Weekend
$263K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$16.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$71.5M
$55.0M international
Domestic Legs62.8x
Budget$3.1M
1996 Rank#103
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 19-21 21 $263K $263K 8 $32.8K 1
Jul 26-28 18 $782K +197.6% $1.22M 38 $20.6K 2
Aug 2-4 14 $1.40M +79.4% $3.20M 191 $7.3K 3
Aug 9-11 13 $1.33M -5.3% $5.53M 357 $3.7K 4
Aug 16-18 18 $1.01M -24.2% $7.57M 357 $2.8K 5
Aug 23-25 20 $912K -9.4% $9.28M 357 $2.6K 6
Aug 30-Sep 1 22 $967K +6.1% $10.92M 297 $3.3K 7
Sep 6-8 16 $772K -20.2% $12.02M 340 $2.3K 8
Sep 13-15 20 $617K -20.1% $13.03M 332 $1.9K 9
Sep 20-22 18 $493K -20.2% $13.83M 330 $1.5K 10
Sep 27-29 19 $423K -14.1% $14.53M 335 $1.3K 11
Oct 4-6 23 $292K -31.0% $15.03M 248 $1.2K 12
Oct 11-13 25 $265K -9.3% $15.46M 218 $1.2K 13
Oct 18-20 32 $135K -49.1% $15.68M 169 $797 14
Oct 25-27 36 $100K -25.6% $15.85M 134 $748 15
Nov 1-3 37 $92K -8.6% $16.00M 122 $751 16
Nov 8-10 43 $81K -11.2% $16.13M 91 $895 17
Nov 22-24 36 $90K $16.32M 161 $560 19
Nov 29-Dec 1 36 $83K -7.7% $16.43M 87 $956 20
Dec 6-8 49 $26K -69.2% $16.48M 48 $535 21

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDanny Boyle
ScreenplayJohn Hodge
Based on the novel byIrvine Welsh
Produced byAndrew Macdonald
CinematographyBrian Tufano
StarringEwan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
StudioMiramax

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