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In the Name of the FatherFollow

1993 • R • 2h 13m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.

🍅 94% 95% MC 84 LB 4.21 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$110K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$25.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$65.80M
$40.70M international
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Cast & crew

Full Sheridan filmography
Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan Director Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis Starring Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Starring Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Starring
ScreenplayTerry George, Jim Sheridan Produced byJim Sheridan CinematographyPeter Biziou Music byTrevor Jones StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 31-Jan 2 21 $109.8K — 4 $27,451 $109.8K
2 Jan 7-9 17 $238.8K +117.5% 13 $18,373 $494.0K
3 Jan 14-17 MLK Day 15 $956.4K — 67 $14,274 $1.6M
4 Jan 21-23 13 $1.4M — 176 $8,125 $3.3M
5 Jan 28-30 14 $1.1M −21.4% 176 $6,387 $4.9M
6 Feb 4-6 18 $1.0M −7% 176 $5,938 $6.4M
7 Feb 11-13 10 $2.3M +120.9% 495 $4,665 $9.1M
8 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 12 $2.5M — 549 $4,580 $12.4M
9 Feb 25-27 13 $2.0M — 669 $2,930 $14.9M
10 Mar 4-6 14 $1.7M −14.7% 688 $2,430 $17.2M
11 Mar 11-13 17 $1.2M −27.4% 667 $1,820 $19.0M
12 Mar 18-20 14 $1.3M +3.7% 659 $1,910 $20.8M
13 Mar 25-27 18 $827.8K −34.2% 602 $1,375 $22.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M
$109.8K
$238.8K
$956.4K
$1.4M
$1.1M
$1.0M
$2.3M
$2.5M
$2.0M
$1.7M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.7%
+117.5%
W1→2
−21.4%
W4→5
−7%
W5→6
+120.9%
W6→7
−14.7%
W9→10
Steepest −21.4%Biggest gain +120.9%

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