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Bright Young Things

 2003
 102 minutes (1 hrs 42 mins)
Bright Young Things
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Production Country

United Kingdom

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Stephen Fry

Starring

Simon McBurney · Michael Sheen · Emily Mortimer · James McAvoy · Stephen Campbell Moore · Stockard Channing

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
20th August 2004
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
3rd October 2003
Australia release date Australia release
26th December 2003

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 3rd Oct '03
  • Debut position: 8
  • Highest position: 8
  • Debut gross: £327.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 20th Aug '04
  • Debut position: 62
  • Highest position: 37
  • Debut gross: $46.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

Chart position history

UK box office

3 Oct, 2003
8
10 Oct, 2003
9
17 Oct, 2003
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

11

PG

M

16+

0

12

M/12

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £869.1 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $933.6 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $2.9 Million

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News from around the web
TBT: Bright Young Things (2003)  Frock Flicks Thu, 9th October 2025

Bright Young Things Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

a little bit of David Tennant: ‘Bright Young Things’  Flick Filosopher Sun, 17th August 2008

‘Bright Young Things’ lives up to Waugh novel movie review  Roger Ebert Fri, 10th September 2004

Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things.  Slate Magazine Thu, 19th August 2004

Bright Young Things film screening  Tatler Wed, 27th April 2016